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 14683	8.4678	03h 09m 42s	+17° 39’ 39”
Star	HIP 14721	8.635	03h 10m 09s	+18° 20’ 44”
Star	HIP 14971	8.4664	03h 13m 00s	+17° 07’ 56”
Star	HIP 14567	8.2672	03h 08m 05s	+16° 55’ 31”
Star	HIP 14901	8.367	03h 12m 16s	+17° 18’ 03”
Star	HIP 14910	7.3158	03h 12m 24s	+16° 31’ 00”
Star	HIP 14514	6.1352	03h 07m 25s	+17° 52’ 47”
Star	HIP 15098	8.9016	03h 14m 46s	+18° 01’ 43”
Star	HIP 14403	8.4852	03h 05m 47s	+18° 10’ 47”
Star	HIP 14682	7.586	03h 09m 40s	+17° 15’ 39”
Star	HIP 15048	6.3478	03h 13m 54s	+18° 58’ 23”
Star	HIP 14679	8.7698	03h 09m 37s	+16° 54’ 17”
Star	HIP 14675	8.9228	03h 09m 35s	+19° 01’ 54”
Star	HIP 14586	6.088	03h 08m 21s	+18° 47’ 42”
Star	HIP 14735	7.6946	03h 10m 17s	+16° 48’ 48”
Star	HIP 14569	7.6398	03h 08m 06s	+17° 01’ 38”
Star	HIP 15062	8.0676	03h 14m 04s	+18° 18’ 15”
Star	HIP 14929	8.3792	03h 12m 32s	+18° 56’ 37”

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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