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 56476	0	11h 34m 44s	+17° 01’ 30”
Star	HIP 56321	7.2264	11h 32m 49s	+18° 00’ 08”
Star	HIP 56219	7.1	11h 31m 31s	+17° 44’ 59”
Star	HIP 56360	8.1118	11h 33m 12s	+18° 49’ 15”
Star	HIP 56548	7.1444	11h 35m 40s	+17° 52’ 29”
Star	HIP 56101	8.8218	11h 29m 58s	+16° 59’ 07”
Star	HIP 56146	5.445	11h 30m 29s	+18° 24’ 35”
Star	HIP 56637	8.7718	11h 36m 42s	+18° 26’ 46”
Star	HIP 56267	7.8568	11h 32m 03s	+18° 09’ 18”
Galaxy	NGC 3686	12.0	11h 27m 44s	+17° 13’ 24”
Galaxy	NGC 3768	13.5	11h 37m 13s	+17° 50’ 22”
Galaxy	NGC 3684	12.3	11h 27m 11s	+17° 01’ 49”
Galaxy	NGC 3691	13.3	11h 28m 08s	+16° 55’ 14”

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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