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 77904	8.4462	15h 54m 36s	-13° 40’ 57”
Star	HIP 77572	8.693	15h 50m 13s	-11° 33’ 52”
Star	HIP 77337	7.846	15h 47m 20s	-12° 13’ 16”
Star	HIP 77708	7.4276	15h 51m 56s	-12° 32’ 15”
Star	HIP 77494	8.5424	15h 49m 23s	-13° 58’ 16”
Star	HIP 77689	6.1112	15h 51m 38s	-14° 08’ 00”
Star	HIP 77433	6.8084	15h 48m 24s	-13° 29’ 57”
Star	HIP 77666	8.6864	15h 51m 20s	-12° 37’ 19”
Star	HIP 77547	8.0948	15h 50m 00s	-14° 03’ 03”

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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