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 4443	0	00h 56m 50s	-11° 35’ 17”
Star	HIP 4371	5.196	00h 56m 01s	-11° 15’ 59”
Star	HIP 4494	7.9948	00h 57m 35s	-12° 14’ 44”
Star	HIP 4209	7.3838	00h 53m 42s	-13° 55’ 13”
Star	HIP 3975	7.9404	00h 51m 06s	-12° 55’ 39”
Star	HIP 4077	8.0992	00h 52m 17s	-13° 54’ 21”
Star	HIP 4333	7.8082	00h 55m 30s	-12° 33’ 08”
Star	HIP 3990	8.6812	00h 51m 17s	-13° 06’ 52”
Star	HIP 4101	7.879	00h 52m 38s	-12° 56’ 12”
Galaxy	NGC 283	13.5	00h 53m 13s	-13° 09’ 52”
Galaxy	PGC 2845	13.9	00h 48m 35s	-12° 43’ 00”

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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