46P/Wirtanen live position and data

This page shows Comet 46P/Wirtanen 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 46P/Wirtanen (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 53472	5.9934	10h 56m 16s	+22° 21’ 05”
Star	HIP 53287	8.8526	10h 53m 53s	+20° 31’ 59”
Star	HIP 53338	8.6136	10h 54m 32s	+20° 46’ 23”
Star	HIP 53898	8.1032	11h 01m 41s	+20° 49’ 54”
Star	HIP 53652	8.0368	10h 58m 36s	+21° 52’ 09”
Star	HIP 53659	7.8522	10h 58m 41s	+21° 30’ 32”
Star	HIP 53954	4.3974	11h 02m 19s	+20° 10’ 47”
Star	HIP 53766	7.176	11h 00m 02s	+22° 01’ 33”
Star	HIP 53653	8.018	10h 58m 36s	+21° 14’ 17”
Star	HIP 53654	6.6538	10h 58m 37s	+19° 37’ 19”
Star	HIP 54191	8.3086	11h 05m 10s	+20° 48’ 17”
Star	HIP 53537	7.8622	10h 57m 09s	+21° 48’ 19”
Star	HIP 53550	8.399	10h 57m 17s	+21° 08’ 26”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 46P/Wirtanen

• 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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