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 38228	6.8632	07h 49m 55s	+27° 21’ 47”
Star	HIP 38261	7.536	07h 50m 18s	+28° 43’ 52”
Star	HIP 38231	6.7738	07h 49m 57s	+28° 11’ 55”
Star	HIP 37826	1.1266	07h 45m 19s	+28° 01’ 34”
Star	HIP 38341	8.5534	07h 51m 13s	+27° 49’ 53”
Star	HIP 38144	7.785	07h 49m 00s	+28° 34’ 26”
Star	HIP 38391	7.9928	07h 51m 53s	+29° 10’ 47”
Star	HIP 38363	6.9236	07h 51m 26s	+29° 10’ 04”
Star	HIP 38677	7.2972	07h 55m 08s	+28° 23’ 03”
Star	HIP 38055	7.4456	07h 47m 58s	+28° 40’ 02”
Star	HIP 38564	7.5484	07h 53m 45s	+26° 33’ 52”
Star	HIP 38679	8.113	07h 55m 08s	+27° 04’ 47”
Star	HIP 38525	6.9354	07h 53m 21s	+28° 03’ 07”
Star	HIP 38749	8.3402	07h 55m 59s	+27° 41’ 34”
Star	HIP 38101	6.7494	07h 48m 28s	+28° 45’ 51”
Star	HIP 38538	4.9684	07h 53m 29s	+26° 45’ 57”

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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