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 83348	7.5188	17h 02m 02s	-20° 35’ 43”
Star	HIP 83486	8.5594	17h 03m 46s	-20° 23’ 20”
Star	HIP 83021	8.4372	16h 57m 53s	-19° 47’ 29”
Star	HIP 83567	6.299	17h 04m 45s	-20° 29’ 40”
Star	HIP 83600	8.145	17h 05m 15s	-20° 11’ 29”
Star	HIP 83452	7.8772	17h 03m 19s	-19° 29’ 32”
Star	HIP 83286	7.3384	17h 01m 14s	-20° 26’ 11”
Star	HIP 82951	7.583	16h 57m 03s	-19° 32’ 23”
Star	HIP 83331	6.1574	17h 01m 51s	-18° 53’ 07”
Star	HIP 83209	8.2306	17h 00m 18s	-19° 10’ 06”
Star	HIP 83224	7.2178	17h 00m 29s	-21° 27’ 41”
Star	HIP 83070	8.8244	16h 58m 28s	-20° 47’ 08”
Galaxy	ESO 586-6	13.9	16h 58m 06s	-21° 16’ 27”

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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