46P/Wirtanen Real Time Tracker |
Right Ascension: 2.963230
Declination: 13.820029 (J2000) Magnitude: 18.27 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Aries
Sun Distance: 163827003 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 310663356 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 13484 | 7.3864 | 02h 53m 38s | +14° 40’ 12” |
Star | HIP 13871 | 8.9244 | 02h 58m 39s | +15° 09’ 16” |
Star | HIP 13505 | 7.5468 | 02h 53m 57s | +14° 13’ 08” |
Star | HIP 13557 | 8.477 | 02h 54m 37s | +12° 56’ 21” |
Star | HIP 13530 | 8.6808 | 02h 54m 15s | +13° 19’ 52” |
Star | HIP 13643 | 7.8122 | 02h 55m 40s | +14° 42’ 24” |
Star | HIP 14069 | 7.724 | 03h 01m 17s | +14° 58’ 56” |
Star | HIP 14048 | 7.2556 | 03h 00m 53s | +15° 01’ 52” |
Star | HIP 13878 | 7.1986 | 02h 58m 45s | +13° 36’ 16” |
Star | HIP 13678 | 8.939 | 02h 56m 12s | +13° 54’ 47” |
Star | HIP 13638 | 8.7738 | 02h 55m 37s | +13° 10’ 42” |
Star | HIP 14037 | 8.3802 | 03h 00m 46s | +12° 59’ 05” |
Star | HIP 14236 | 7.7658 | 03h 03m 33s | +14° 28’ 14” |
Galaxy | NGC 1134 | 13.1 | 02h 53m 41s | +13° 00’ 55” |
Galaxy | IC 267 | 13.8 | 02h 53m 50s | +12° 50’ 54” |
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