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73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 live position and data.
Right Ascension: 10.995276
Declination: 14.098280 (J2000) Magnitude: 15.40 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Leo
Sun Distance: 186468645 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 201230185 km [ km/s]
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This page shows Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 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).
List of bright objects (stars brighter than magnitude 9.0 and galaxies brighter than magmitude 14.0) close to Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 (less than 1.5 degrees):
Type | Name | Magnitude | Ar | Dec |
Star | HIP 53505 | 8.421 | 10h 56m 44s | +13° 33’ 31” |
Star | HIP 53633 | 8.4626 | 10h 58m 18s | +13° 16’ 41” |
Star | HIP 53598 | 7.9128 | 10h 57m 55s | +14° 27’ 43” |
Star | HIP 54103 | 8.211 | 11h 04m 14s | +14° 14’ 56” |
Star | HIP 53710 | 7.8402 | 10h 59m 21s | +15° 32’ 25” |
Star | HIP 54113 | 7.7684 | 11h 04m 21s | +14° 43’ 29” |
Star | HIP 53881 | 7.5438 | 11h 01m 25s | +15° 00’ 37” |
Galaxy | NGC 3489 | 11.1 | 11h 00m 18s | +13° 54’ 07” |
Galaxy | NGC 3485 | 12.7 | 11h 00m 02s | +14° 50’ 35” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: