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 8620	8.9626	01h 51m 11s	-24° 25’ 42”
Star	HIP 8949	8.544	01h 55m 15s	-25° 22’ 01”
Star	HIP 8936	6.7728	01h 55m 04s	-24° 53’ 23”
Star	HIP 8818	8.0098	01h 53m 21s	-24° 12’ 29”
Star	HIP 8209	5.2326	01h 45m 38s	-25° 03’ 08”
Star	HIP 8730	8.5624	01h 52m 20s	-25° 02’ 41”
Star	HIP 8943	8.1226	01h 55m 11s	-24° 09’ 13”
Star	HIP 8281	8.002	01h 46m 41s	-24° 00’ 51”
Star	HIP 9031	7.9374	01h 56m 18s	-24° 14’ 00”
Star	HIP 8553	8.3736	01h 50m 20s	-23° 46’ 18”
Star	HIP 8434	7.8664	01h 48m 42s	-23° 52’ 11”
Star	HIP 9027	8.5968	01h 56m 17s	-24° 07’ 54”
Galaxy	NGC 686	13.4	01h 48m 56s	-23° 47’ 54”
Galaxy	NGC 723	13.3	01h 53m 45s	-23° 45’ 28”

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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