4P/Faye live position and data

This page shows Comet 4P/Faye 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 4P/Faye (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 73638	7.6792	15h 03m 08s	-12° 51’ 27”
Star	HIP 73760	8.3878	15h 04m 40s	-11° 39’ 53”
Star	HIP 73794	8.902	15h 04m 56s	-12° 23’ 43”
Star	HIP 73888	8.7876	15h 06m 06s	-11° 11’ 47”
Star	HIP 73939	7.4792	15h 06m 34s	-12° 54’ 25”
Star	HIP 74059	7.6042	15h 08m 06s	-12° 03’ 04”
Star	HIP 74127	7.5398	15h 08m 56s	-11° 47’ 25”
Star	HIP 74210	8.1646	15h 09m 53s	-12° 58’ 34”
Star	HIP 74301	7.2226	15h 11m 13s	-13° 03’ 15”
Star	HIP 74311	7.2016	15h 11m 20s	-11° 28’ 17”
Star	HIP 74533	7.9172	15h 13m 47s	-12° 22’ 49”
Galaxy	NGC 5858	13.8	15h 08m 49s	-11° 12’ 28”
Galaxy	NGC 5861	12.1	15h 09m 15s	-11° 19’ 18”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 4P/Faye

• 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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