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 90995	7.9712	18h 33m 45s	-25° 26’ 55”
Star	HIP 91524	7.8506	18h 39m 52s	-25° 30’ 16”
Star	HIP 91222	8.6764	18h 36m 29s	-27° 01’ 40”
Star	HIP 91750	8.3568	18h 42m 34s	-26° 36’ 15”
Star	HIP 91974	5.8128	18h 44m 49s	-25° 00’ 39”
Star	HIP 91254	8.8704	18h 36m 48s	-24° 49’ 02”
Star	HIP 91441	8.707	18h 38m 56s	-24° 42’ 28”
Star	HIP 91686	7.5444	18h 41m 50s	-24° 21’ 15”
Star	HIP 91188	8.997	18h 36m 09s	-26° 34’ 10”
Star	HIP 91684	8.866	18h 41m 49s	-26° 17’ 44”
Star	HIP 90944	8.6826	18h 33m 04s	-26° 11’ 19”
Star	HIP 91962	8.4238	18h 44m 41s	-25° 22’ 11”
Star	HIP 91253	7.764	18h 36m 48s	-26° 17’ 21”
Star	HIP 91967	7.9656	18h 44m 44s	-25° 47’ 50”
Star	HIP 91380	8.0236	18h 38m 15s	-25° 25’ 17”
Star	HIP 91515	8.797	18h 39m 48s	-25° 30’ 02”
Star	HIP 91182	8.4014	18h 36m 07s	-24° 26’ 11”
Star	HIP 91669	8.0902	18h 41m 36s	-24° 59’ 17”
Star	HIP 91621	8.3356	18h 41m 06s	-26° 44’ 26”
Star	HIP 91287	7.327	18h 37m 12s	-25° 40’ 14”

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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