6P/d'Arrest live position and data

This page shows Comet 6P/d'Arrest 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 6P/d'Arrest (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 40977	0	08h 21m 42s	+17° 17’ 07”
Star	HIP 40989	8.158	08h 21m 53s	+17° 36’ 03”
Star	HIP 41104	8.5104	08h 23m 12s	+16° 53’ 38”
Star	HIP 41117	5.9222	08h 23m 21s	+18° 19’ 56”
Star	HIP 41120	7.524	08h 23m 25s	+18° 08’ 11”
Star	HIP 41226	7.0292	08h 24m 45s	+17° 10’ 55”
Star	HIP 41319	6.0772	08h 25m 49s	+17° 02’ 47”
Star	HIP 41326	8.2166	08h 25m 54s	+17° 50’ 01”
Star	HIP 41505	7.8972	08h 27m 53s	+18° 04’ 07”
Star	HIP 41818	7.5024	08h 31m 31s	+17° 20’ 09”
Star	HIP 41822	5.1934	08h 31m 35s	+18° 05’ 40”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 6P/d'Arrest

• 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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