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 57924	8.8958	11h 52m 47s	+07° 36’ 15”
Star	HIP 57829	7.4172	11h 51m 34s	+06° 52’ 35”
Star	HIP 57769	7.9512	11h 50m 48s	+06° 20’ 42”
Star	HIP 57401	6.7462	11h 46m 06s	+07° 10’ 27”
Star	HIP 57687	8.5792	11h 49m 51s	+07° 30’ 27”
Star	HIP 58141	8.8926	11h 55m 28s	+05° 49’ 11”
Star	HIP 57675	8.4468	11h 49m 44s	+06° 50’ 44”
Star	HIP 57339	6.962	11h 45m 24s	+07° 01’ 48”
Star	HIP 57380	3.8842	11h 45m 51s	+06° 31’ 47”
Star	HIP 57676	7.844	11h 49m 44s	+06° 31’ 24”
Star	HIP 57378	7.6418	11h 45m 48s	+06° 56’ 33”
Star	HIP 57616	8.9654	11h 48m 49s	+05° 46’ 08”
Galaxy	NGC 3976	12.5	11h 55m 56s	+06° 44’ 57”
Galaxy	NGC 3914	13.9	11h 50m 32s	+06° 34’ 04”

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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