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 65083	0	13h 20m 24s	-01° 39’ 24”
Star	HIP 65708	7.365	13h 28m 18s	-00° 50’ 21”
Star	HIP 64968	8.5214	13h 18m 58s	-01° 16’ 09”
Star	HIP 65514	8.8658	13h 25m 44s	-00° 27’ 14”
Star	HIP 65261	8.1572	13h 22m 28s	-00° 34’ 43”
Star	HIP 64838	6.3296	13h 17m 29s	-00° 40’ 33”
Star	HIP 65238	7.8432	13h 22m 07s	-00° 04’ 04”
Star	HIP 65360	8.9386	13h 23m 43s	-00° 43’ 08”
Star	HIP 65399	8.2086	13h 24m 14s	-02° 06’ 26”
Star	HIP 65683	8.8046	13h 28m 02s	-00° 19’ 00”
Star	HIP 65406	8.0836	13h 24m 21s	-00° 18’ 56”
Star	HIP 65545	5.954	13h 26m 11s	-01° 11’ 32”
Galaxy	UGC 8360	14.0	13h 18m 10s	-01° 14’ 43”

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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