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 76031	7.3776	15h 31m 42s	+00° 53’ 01”
Star	HIP 75688	8.466	15h 27m 45s	-00° 36’ 52”
Star	HIP 76246	8.7922	15h 34m 29s	-01° 27’ 00”
Star	HIP 76427	6.4442	15h 36m 33s	-00° 33’ 41”
Star	HIP 76091	8.15	15h 32m 24s	-01° 47’ 00”
Star	HIP 76487	8.3858	15h 37m 18s	-00° 09’ 49”
Star	HIP 76133	5.3978	15h 32m 57s	-01° 11’ 10”
Star	HIP 75756	7.0698	15h 28m 33s	+00° 36’ 25”
Star	HIP 76504	7.6246	15h 37m 28s	-00° 53’ 05”
Star	HIP 75705	8.8288	15h 28m 00s	-00° 06’ 27”
Star	HIP 76296	8.7514	15h 35m 08s	+00° 44’ 46”
Star	HIP 76278	7.4396	15h 34m 49s	-00° 08’ 47”

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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