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 73310	5.7264	14h 58m 53s	-11° 08’ 37”
Star	HIP 73200	7.7856	14h 57m 36s	-12° 38’ 16”
Star	HIP 73044	8.6576	14h 55m 42s	-12° 38’ 40”
Star	HIP 73055	8.3164	14h 55m 47s	-13° 12’ 21”
Star	HIP 73249	6.6082	14h 58m 13s	-11° 09’ 17”
Star	HIP 73291	7.6008	14h 58m 42s	-12° 46’ 06”
Star	HIP 73794	8.902	15h 04m 56s	-12° 23’ 43”
Star	HIP 73213	7.083	14h 57m 46s	-12° 26’ 15”
Star	HIP 73445	7.9252	15h 00m 31s	-11° 52’ 27”
Star	HIP 73133	5.3214	14h 56m 46s	-11° 24’ 35”
Star	HIP 72934	5.6948	14h 54m 22s	-11° 53’ 53”
Star	HIP 73638	7.6792	15h 03m 08s	-12° 51’ 27”
Star	HIP 73508	8.9002	15h 01m 27s	-12° 40’ 22”
Star	HIP 73760	8.3878	15h 04m 40s	-11° 39’ 53”
Galaxy	PGC 53592	14.0	15h 00m 20s	-13° 26’ 18”

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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