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 77250	8.3114	15h 46m 24s	-16° 09’ 41”
Star	HIP 76779	8.792	15h 40m 34s	-18° 02’ 57”
Star	HIP 76937	7.938	15h 42m 38s	-18° 36’ 25”
Star	HIP 76954	7.0528	15h 42m 46s	-16° 00’ 48”
Star	HIP 76522	8.2878	15h 37m 39s	-16° 43’ 52”
Star	HIP 76787	8.5598	15h 40m 40s	-16° 45’ 20”
Star	HIP 77044	7.125	15h 43m 57s	-16° 52’ 09”
Star	HIP 77060	5.405	15h 44m 04s	-15° 40’ 21”
Star	HIP 77203	7.61	15h 45m 50s	-16° 57’ 02”
Star	HIP 77297	7.488	15h 46m 52s	-17° 06’ 31”

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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