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46P/Wirtanen live position and data.
Right Ascension: 19.755558
Declination: -25.597660 (J2000) Magnitude: 22.71 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Sagittarius
Sun Distance: 606685661 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 740096067 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 21 May 2024 12:17 UTC [] |
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).
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 97113 | 0 | 19h 44m 10s | -26° 32’ 35” |
Star | HIP 97294 | 7.9172 | 19h 46m 25s | -24° 52’ 42” |
Star | HIP 96879 | 8.4588 | 19h 41m 35s | -24° 50’ 15” |
Star | HIP 96940 | 8.3048 | 19h 42m 23s | -26° 26’ 37” |
Star | HIP 97340 | 7.522 | 19h 47m 00s | -26° 29’ 25” |
Star | HIP 96635 | 8.9692 | 19h 38m 51s | -25° 52’ 17” |
Star | HIP 97637 | 7.9194 | 19h 50m 39s | -25° 18’ 19” |
Star | HIP 97186 | 8.5848 | 19h 45m 11s | -25° 22’ 34” |
Star | HIP 97390 | 7.6722 | 19h 47m 39s | -25° 37’ 35” |
Star | HIP 96938 | 6.704 | 19h 42m 22s | -24° 51’ 33” |
Star | HIP 96967 | 7.6734 | 19h 42m 37s | -24° 22’ 45” |
Galaxy | ESO 526-7 | 11.9 | 19h 49m 35s | -26° 25’ 54” |
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