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 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”

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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