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 in the background 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 32049	7.6942	06h 41m 47s	+14° 24’ 48”
Star	HIP 32687	8.9622	06h 49m 08s	+13° 22’ 09”
Star	HIP 32896	7.1816	06h 51m 14s	+15° 04’ 35”
Star	HIP 32346	8.5238	06h 45m 06s	+13° 45’ 10”
Star	HIP 32362	3.3018	06h 45m 17s	+12° 53’ 45”
Star	HIP 32726	7.2566	06h 49m 36s	+13° 11’ 25”
Star	HIP 32055	6.801	06h 41m 50s	+14° 13’ 00”
Star	HIP 32359	7.2506	06h 45m 14s	+13° 20’ 09”
Star	HIP 32814	5.5538	06h 50m 25s	+13° 24’ 47”
Star	HIP 32383	8.4102	06h 45m 30s	+15° 28’ 47”
Star	HIP 32249	4.3716	06h 43m 59s	+13° 13’ 41”
Star	HIP 32612	7.7008	06h 48m 16s	+14° 35’ 32”

Additional resources

• 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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