46P/Wirtanen Real Time Tracker |
Right Ascension: 0.758209
Declination: -1.774777 (J2000) Magnitude: 18.84 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Cetus
Sun Distance: 198122004 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 340834097 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 3674 | 8.4046 | 00h 47m 01s | -01° 15’ 08” |
Star | HIP 3842 | 8.6998 | 00h 49m 17s | -01° 37’ 33” |
Star | HIP 3957 | 8.6964 | 00h 50m 47s | -01° 55’ 18” |
Star | HIP 3708 | 7.0242 | 00h 47m 36s | -02° 19’ 18” |
Star | HIP 3311 | 8.3078 | 00h 42m 09s | -03° 03’ 21” |
Star | HIP 3582 | 8.8836 | 00h 45m 44s | -01° 11’ 05” |
Star | HIP 3435 | 8.8842 | 00h 43m 50s | -03° 04’ 45” |
Star | HIP 3183 | 8.4476 | 00h 40m 32s | -01° 46’ 15” |
Star | HIP 3090 | 8.248 | 00h 39m 18s | -01° 58’ 03” |
Star | HIP 3264 | 8.531 | 00h 41m 32s | -01° 17’ 58” |
Galaxy | NGC 271 | 13.0 | 00h 50m 41s | -01° 54’ 32” |
Galaxy | UGC 439 | 14.0 | 00h 41m 21s | -01° 42’ 50” |
Galaxy | NGC 227 | 13.1 | 00h 42m 36s | -01° 31’ 36” |
Galaxy | NGC 245 | 13.1 | 00h 46m 05s | -01° 43’ 19” |
Galaxy | NGC 259 | 13.3 | 00h 48m 03s | -02° 46’ 35” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: