61P/Shajn-Schaldach live position and data

This page shows Comet 61P/Shajn-Schaldach 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 61P/Shajn-Schaldach (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 11707	0	02h 31m 03s	+08° 22’ 55”
Star	HIP 11862	0	02h 33m 04s	+07° 49’ 43”
Star	HIP 11864	0	02h 33m 05s	+10° 08’ 13”
Star	HIP 11975	0	02h 34m 28s	+08° 38’ 36”
Star	HIP 11557	8.2464	02h 28m 54s	+08° 46’ 13”
Star	HIP 11484	4.2772	02h 28m 09s	+08° 27’ 36”
Star	HIP 11564	8.691	02h 28m 59s	+08° 22’ 45”
Star	HIP 12022	6.0686	02h 35m 04s	+07° 28’ 16”
Star	HIP 12253	8.9688	02h 37m 46s	+08° 57’ 39”
Star	HIP 12148	5.714	02h 36m 35s	+07° 43’ 48”
Star	HIP 11735	8.5668	02h 31m 28s	+08° 20’ 52”
Star	HIP 11603	5.9904	02h 29m 35s	+09° 33’ 56”
Star	HIP 11608	8.0464	02h 29m 44s	+08° 29’ 55”
Star	HIP 11602	6.9324	02h 29m 35s	+09° 00’ 22”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 61P/Shajn-Schaldach

• 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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