73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 live position and data

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).

Current close conjunctions

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 54559	0	11h 09m 52s	+21° 37’ 32”
Star	HIP 54388	6.464	11h 07m 39s	+23° 19’ 25”
Star	HIP 54393	8.928	11h 07m 47s	+22° 04’ 16”
Star	HIP 54592	7.4398	11h 10m 21s	+22° 42’ 06”
Star	HIP 53923	8.8382	11h 02m 02s	+22° 35’ 45”
Star	HIP 54077	8.1602	11h 03m 57s	+23° 08’ 51”
Star	HIP 54723	8.47	11h 12m 13s	+22° 03’ 19”
Star	HIP 54399	8.0498	11h 07m 54s	+22° 58’ 24”
Star	HIP 54375	8.1668	11h 07m 28s	+22° 03’ 10”
Star	HIP 54244	8.7606	11h 05m 51s	+22° 39’ 55”
Star	HIP 54626	7.2382	11h 10m 51s	+21° 20’ 08”
Galaxy	PGC 34176	12.6	11h 13m 29s	+22° 09’ 11”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3

• 15 Days Ephemerides
• Interactive Sky Map (Planetarium)
• Rise & Set Times
• Distance from Earth
• Light Curve

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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