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 23645	8.892	05h 04m 54s	+23° 34’ 06”
Star	HIP 23900	5.5046	05h 08m 06s	+24° 15’ 54”
Star	HIP 23917	8.4858	05h 08m 20s	+23° 12’ 52”
Star	HIP 24113	8.3958	05h 10m 44s	+25° 08’ 31”
Star	HIP 24234	7.9572	05h 12m 11s	+24° 16’ 45”
Star	HIP 23550	7.3698	05h 03m 51s	+24° 58’ 23”
Star	HIP 23860	8.7636	05h 07m 40s	+24° 49’ 32”
Star	HIP 24487	8.8016	05h 15m 15s	+23° 49’ 49”
Star	HIP 24151	7.8192	05h 11m 11s	+23° 03’ 50”
Star	HIP 24315	7.88	05h 13m 03s	+24° 23’ 49”
Star	HIP 23606	7.7342	05h 04m 33s	+23° 38’ 58”

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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