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 83788	7.4486	17h 07m 27s	-19° 17’ 13”
Star	HIP 83348	7.5188	17h 02m 02s	-20° 35’ 43”
Star	HIP 83482	8.7788	17h 03m 42s	-21° 24’ 47”
Star	HIP 83486	8.5594	17h 03m 46s	-20° 23’ 20”
Star	HIP 83761	8.8942	17h 07m 06s	-19° 30’ 20”
Star	HIP 83567	6.299	17h 04m 45s	-20° 29’ 40”
Star	HIP 83684	6.2712	17h 06m 11s	-21° 33’ 51”
Star	HIP 83873	7.7658	17h 08m 32s	-20° 13’ 03”
Star	HIP 83600	8.145	17h 05m 15s	-20° 11’ 29”
Star	HIP 83452	7.8772	17h 03m 19s	-19° 29’ 32”
Star	HIP 83629	7.0656	17h 05m 30s	-22° 04’ 21”
Star	HIP 83923	7.8954	17h 09m 08s	-19° 40’ 49”
Star	HIP 83286	7.3384	17h 01m 14s	-20° 26’ 11”
Star	HIP 84056	6.7022	17h 11m 04s	-20° 39’ 15”
Star	HIP 83998	6.9382	17h 10m 14s	-19° 26’ 10”
Star	HIP 84078	7.4256	17h 11m 21s	-20° 25’ 28”
Star	HIP 83976	7.458	17h 09m 57s	-20° 40’ 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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