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 9786	0	02h 05m 48s	-30° 10’ 36”
Star	HIP 10182	7.5376	02h 10m 54s	-32° 03’ 42”
Star	HIP 10117	8.8164	02h 10m 07s	-31° 04’ 09”
Star	HIP 10260	7.8526	02h 12m 01s	-32° 17’ 15”
Star	HIP 10090	8.8744	02h 09m 44s	-30° 44’ 44”
Star	HIP 9860	8.9712	02h 06m 49s	-31° 03’ 44”
Star	HIP 10146	8.1926	02h 10m 30s	-30° 47’ 39”
Star	HIP 9373	8.6426	02h 00m 28s	-31° 50’ 01”
Star	HIP 9346	8.3458	01h 59m 59s	-31° 44’ 59”
Star	HIP 10259	8.708	02h 12m 01s	-32° 19’ 44”
Star	HIP 10015	6.8494	02h 08m 56s	-31° 44’ 43”
Star	HIP 9365	7.7734	02h 00m 19s	-32° 05’ 14”
Star	HIP 10039	7.5836	02h 09m 12s	-31° 48’ 33”
Star	HIP 9648	7.7458	02h 04m 00s	-32° 31’ 06”
Star	HIP 9552	7.8876	02h 02m 44s	-30° 19’ 18”
Star	HIP 9554	8.7224	02h 02m 46s	-30° 19’ 55”
Star	HIP 9895	8.9492	02h 07m 19s	-32° 19’ 25”
Galaxy	NGC 857	13.4	02h 12m 34s	-31° 56’ 45”

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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