71P/Clark live position and data

This page shows Comet 71P/Clark 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 71P/Clark (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 12359	8.51	02h 39m 06s	+14° 30’ 18”
Star	HIP 11843	5.9484	02h 32m 54s	+15° 02’ 04”
Star	HIP 12111	7.2056	02h 36m 01s	+13° 45’ 18”
Star	HIP 12258	7.9076	02h 37m 49s	+14° 09’ 05”
Star	HIP 11522	8.5788	02h 28m 34s	+13° 52’ 35”
Star	HIP 11827	8.8652	02h 32m 38s	+15° 09’ 46”
Star	HIP 11691	8.8656	02h 30m 47s	+13° 25’ 47”
Star	HIP 12125	8.274	02h 36m 11s	+15° 08’ 55”
Star	HIP 12079	7.9596	02h 35m 42s	+13° 49’ 02”
Star	HIP 12049	8.0954	02h 35m 20s	+13° 08’ 33”
Star	HIP 12137	8.3062	02h 36m 19s	+13° 40’ 06”
Star	HIP 11795	8.444	02h 32m 11s	+12° 41’ 13”
Star	HIP 11700	8.8972	02h 30m 55s	+13° 57’ 34”
Galaxy	IC 238	13.9	02h 35m 22s	+12° 50’ 18”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 71P/Clark

• 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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