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 25123	8.421	05h 22m 39s	+09° 13’ 45”
Star	HIP 24802	8.3786	05h 19m 02s	+09° 09’ 28”
Star	HIP 24518	8.1238	05h 15m 35s	+08° 26’ 28”
Star	HIP 24971	6.6112	05h 20m 53s	+09° 43’ 28”
Star	HIP 24522	8.3038	05h 15m 39s	+08° 49’ 24”
Star	HIP 24807	8.0292	05h 19m 06s	+10° 32’ 00”
Star	HIP 24921	7.4112	05h 20m 24s	+10° 53’ 25”
Star	HIP 24730	7.4022	05h 18m 11s	+09° 12’ 59”
Star	HIP 24273	8.1786	05h 12m 34s	+10° 24’ 29”
Star	HIP 24247	8.6666	05h 12m 18s	+09° 07’ 27”
Star	HIP 24632	7.48	05h 17m 05s	+09° 55’ 38”
Star	HIP 24477	7.1698	05h 15m 10s	+08° 25’ 56”

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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