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 72239	8.5378	14h 46m 24s	-10° 29’ 48”
Star	HIP 71834	8.0028	14h 41m 41s	-09° 48’ 34”
Star	HIP 72425	8.1232	14h 48m 32s	-09° 09’ 19”
Star	HIP 72136	8.3618	14h 45m 20s	-09° 12’ 51”
Star	HIP 71997	6.4358	14h 43m 25s	-09° 41’ 58”
Star	HIP 72082	6.8326	14h 44m 45s	-09° 42’ 14”
Star	HIP 72496	7.0736	14h 49m 25s	-08° 30’ 15”
Star	HIP 72047	6.5972	14h 44m 13s	-08° 15’ 07”
Star	HIP 72531	7.6028	14h 49m 46s	-09° 12’ 08”
Star	HIP 72060	7.6398	14h 44m 21s	-09° 29’ 22”
Star	HIP 72606	8.1346	14h 50m 42s	-08° 13’ 27”
Star	HIP 72218	7.024	14h 46m 13s	-07° 47’ 48”
Galaxy	PGC 52460	13.8	14h 41m 06s	-08° 52’ 32”
Galaxy	NGC 5729	13.4	14h 42m 06s	-09° 00’ 33”
Galaxy	PGC 52940	13.4	14h 49m 32s	-10° 09’ 48”

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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