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 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).

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 104882	7.7878	21h 14m 45s	-25° 54’ 40”
Star	HIP 105646	6.3606	21h 23m 55s	-25° 12’ 08”
Star	HIP 105121	8.0422	21h 17m 38s	-26° 29’ 05”
Star	HIP 105217	8.6988	21h 18m 44s	-23° 48’ 28”
Star	HIP 105173	8.6558	21h 18m 18s	-25° 42’ 39”
Star	HIP 105312	6.5324	21h 19m 46s	-26° 21’ 07”
Star	HIP 105284	8.3816	21h 19m 31s	-23° 46’ 19”
Star	HIP 105446	8.3062	21h 21m 28s	-24° 42’ 26”
Star	HIP 104751	7.1838	21h 13m 18s	-24° 50’ 45”

Additional resources

• 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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