46P/Wirtanen Real Time Position & Data |
Right Ascension: 21.293333
Declination: -25.028387 (J2000) Magnitude: 21.17 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Capricornus
Sun Distance: 515828650 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 420413172 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 21 May 2024 12:17 UTC [] |
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 in the background 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).
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 104882 | 7.7878 | 21h 14m 45s | -25° 54’ 40” |
Star | HIP 105646 | 6.3606 | 21h 23m 55s | -25° 12’ 08” |
Star | HIP 105121 | 8.0422 | 21h 17m 38s | -26° 29’ 05” |
Star | HIP 105217 | 8.6988 | 21h 18m 44s | -23° 48’ 28” |
Star | HIP 105173 | 8.6558 | 21h 18m 18s | -25° 42’ 39” |
Star | HIP 105312 | 6.5324 | 21h 19m 46s | -26° 21’ 07” |
Star | HIP 105284 | 8.3816 | 21h 19m 31s | -23° 46’ 19” |
Star | HIP 105446 | 8.3062 | 21h 21m 28s | -24° 42’ 26” |
Star | HIP 104751 | 7.1838 | 21h 13m 18s | -24° 50’ 45” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: