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 48421	7.6918	09h 52m 16s	+36° 18’ 01”
Star	HIP 48173	7.9646	09h 49m 09s	+36° 31’ 47”
Star	HIP 48688	8.9612	09h 55m 45s	+37° 11’ 42”
Star	HIP 48192	6.4716	09h 49m 28s	+36° 44’ 50”
Star	HIP 48337	7.7582	09h 51m 09s	+36° 29’ 21”
Star	HIP 48701	8.0866	09h 55m 56s	+38° 04’ 54”
Star	HIP 48765	8.9842	09h 56m 47s	+36° 46’ 40”
Star	HIP 48614	8.8786	09h 54m 51s	+37° 24’ 54”
Star	HIP 48428	6.6914	09h 52m 21s	+37° 54’ 52”

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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