45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova live position and data

This page shows Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova location and other relevant astronomical data in real time. The celestial coordinates, magnitude, distances and speed are updated in real time and are computed using high quality data sets provided by the JPL Horizons ephemeris service (see acknowledgements for details). The sky map shown below represents a rectangular portion of the sky 60x40 arcminutes wide. By comparison the diameter of the full Moon is about 30 arcmins, so the full horizontal extent of the map is approximately 2 full Moons wide. Depending on the device you are using, the map can be dragged horizondally or vertically using the mouse or touchscreen. The deep sky image in the background is provided by the Digitized Sky Survey (acknowledgements).

Current close conjunctions

List of bright objects (stars brighter than magnitude 9.0 and galaxies brighter than magmitude 14.0) close to Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 76605	7.0422	15h 38m 41s	-17° 39’ 53”
Star	HIP 76203	8.1226	15h 33m 56s	-17° 00’ 05”
Star	HIP 76431	7.7108	15h 36m 35s	-17° 00’ 54”
Star	HIP 76779	8.792	15h 40m 34s	-18° 02’ 57”
Star	HIP 76057	8.5618	15h 31m 58s	-18° 29’ 11”
Star	HIP 76335	8.8878	15h 35m 32s	-17° 34’ 25”
Star	HIP 76287	6.9176	15h 34m 59s	-17° 08’ 19”
Star	HIP 76134	7.7936	15h 32m 59s	-17° 14’ 49”
Star	HIP 76480	8.397	15h 37m 13s	-18° 20’ 06”
Star	HIP 76522	8.2878	15h 37m 39s	-16° 43’ 52”
Star	HIP 76247	8.8868	15h 34m 30s	-19° 03’ 15”
Star	HIP 76787	8.5598	15h 40m 40s	-16° 45’ 20”
Star	HIP 76590	8.6218	15h 38m 30s	-18° 26’ 54”
Star	HIP 76126	5.5088	15h 32m 55s	-16° 51’ 10”
Star	HIP 76329	8.7802	15h 35m 28s	-17° 24’ 28”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova

• 15 Days Ephemerides
• Interactive Sky Map (Planetarium)
• Rise & Set Times
• Distance from Earth
• Light Curve
• Orbital Elements

Astronomy databases

This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services:

1. The Digitized Sky Survey, a photographic survey of the whole sky created using images from different telescopes, including the Oschin Schmidt Telescope on Palomar Mountain
2. The Hipparcos Star Catalogue, containing more than 100.000 bright stars
3. The PGC 2003 Catalogue, containing information about 1 million galaxies
4. The GSC 2.3 Catalogue, containing information about more than 2 billion stars and galaxies

Please see the acknowledgements section.

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