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 59804	8.4934	12h 15m 48s	+09° 02’ 05”
Star	HIP 60092	8.9882	12h 19m 23s	+09° 27’ 52”
Star	HIP 59690	7.4294	12h 14m 27s	+08° 46’ 57”
Star	HIP 59438	8.8232	12h 11m 31s	+07° 22’ 08”
Star	HIP 59636	7.5468	12h 13m 50s	+08° 58’ 20”
Star	HIP 60013	7.1622	12h 18m 27s	+08° 03’ 53”
Star	HIP 60015	8.9874	12h 18m 29s	+08° 41’ 08”
Star	HIP 59485	8.1388	12h 11m 59s	+09° 18’ 25”
Star	HIP 59852	8.3624	12h 16m 26s	+07° 21’ 19”
Star	HIP 59390	7.227	12h 11m 01s	+08° 43’ 02”
Star	HIP 59740	8.5014	12h 15m 04s	+07° 31’ 49”
Galaxy	NGC 4233	13.0	12h 17m 06s	+07° 37’ 23”
Galaxy	NGC 4180	13.5	12h 13m 02s	+07° 02’ 20”
Galaxy	NGC 4235	12.6	12h 17m 08s	+07° 11’ 30”
Galaxy	NGC 4207	13.6	12h 15m 30s	+09° 35’ 06”
Galaxy	NGC 4191	13.7	12h 13m 50s	+07° 12’ 01”
Galaxy	UGC 7239	13.7	12h 14m 09s	+07° 46’ 31”
Galaxy	NGC 4224	12.9	12h 16m 33s	+07° 27’ 39”
Galaxy	NGC 4246	13.4	12h 17m 58s	+07° 11’ 05”
Galaxy	NGC 4276	13.4	12h 20m 07s	+07° 41’ 30”

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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