72P/Denning-Fujikawa live position and data

This page shows Comet 72P/Denning-Fujikawa 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 in the background 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 72P/Denning-Fujikawa (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 54125	0	11h 04m 27s	+17° 24’ 47”
Star	HIP 53916	8.1802	11h 01m 56s	+19° 30’ 26”
Star	HIP 53693	7.3306	10h 59m 08s	+17° 49’ 36”
Star	HIP 54050	8.6452	11h 03m 37s	+19° 36’ 01”
Star	HIP 54319	6.2434	11h 06m 44s	+17° 44’ 14”
Star	HIP 53967	8.9514	11h 02m 25s	+18° 04’ 08”
Star	HIP 53731	8.723	10h 59m 34s	+17° 59’ 59”
Star	HIP 53650	8.985	10h 58m 35s	+18° 35’ 34”
Star	HIP 53901	8.4474	11h 01m 43s	+17° 21’ 35”
Star	HIP 53954	4.3974	11h 02m 19s	+20° 10’ 47”
Star	HIP 53654	6.6538	10h 58m 37s	+19° 37’ 19”
Star	HIP 54229	8.4812	11h 05m 44s	+18° 50’ 16”
Galaxy	NGC 3507	12.7	11h 03m 25s	+18° 08’ 13”
Galaxy	NGC 3501	13.7	11h 02m 46s	+17° 59’ 31”

Additional resources

• 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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