Object: 46P/Wirtanen (open sky map)
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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 in the background 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).
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 69044 | 8.4028 | 14h 07m 57s | -02° 08’ 17” |
Star | HIP 68997 | 8.0344 | 14h 07m 33s | -01° 04’ 37” |
Star | HIP 69289 | 7.5768 | 14h 10m 58s | -02° 40’ 28” |
Star | HIP 69328 | 7.6994 | 14h 11m 20s | -03° 20’ 17” |
Star | HIP 69058 | 7.899 | 14h 08m 07s | -01° 02’ 54” |
Star | HIP 69402 | 7.278 | 14h 12m 31s | -02° 58’ 19” |
Star | HIP 69190 | 7.0934 | 14h 09m 53s | -00° 39’ 04” |
Star | HIP 69493 | 5.8582 | 14h 13m 40s | -00° 50’ 42” |
Galaxy | NGC 5507 | 13.5 | 14h 13m 19s | -03° 08’ 57” |
Galaxy | IC 976 | 14.0 | 14h 08m 42s | -01° 09’ 39” |
Galaxy | UGC 9057 | 14.0 | 14h 10m 12s | -02° 34’ 24” |
Galaxy | NGC 5506 | 12.8 | 14h 13m 14s | -03° 12’ 27” |
Galaxy | NGC 5496 | 12.9 | 14h 11m 37s | -01° 09’ 28” |
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