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 45610	7.5106	09h 17m 49s	+57° 28’ 50”
Star	HIP 45465	8.6726	09h 15m 54s	+56° 03’ 52”
Star	HIP 45630	8.507	09h 18m 04s	+58° 03’ 11”
Star	HIP 44492	8.8304	09h 03m 53s	+57° 20’ 10”
Star	HIP 45213	6.9106	09h 12m 50s	+56° 56’ 30”
Star	HIP 44778	8.6294	09h 07m 33s	+56° 06’ 05”
Star	HIP 45186	7.4704	09h 12m 27s	+58° 42’ 41”
Star	HIP 45718	8.7776	09h 19m 12s	+58° 24’ 11”
Star	HIP 45455	5.1198	09h 15m 49s	+56° 44’ 29”
Star	HIP 45628	7.4788	09h 18m 01s	+57° 54’ 20”

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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