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 79596	5.8158	16h 14m 22s	-33° 00’ 39”
Star	HIP 80148	7.2132	16h 21m 34s	-33° 14’ 04”
Star	HIP 79883	8.229	16h 18m 20s	-32° 57’ 35”
Star	HIP 79980	5.46	16h 19m 32s	-30° 54’ 24”
Star	HIP 79979	6.9766	16h 19m 31s	-30° 54’ 06”
Star	HIP 79355	8.2358	16h 11m 46s	-32° 15’ 35”
Star	HIP 79860	8.2148	16h 18m 05s	-31° 39’ 06”
Star	HIP 79578	6.4986	16h 14m 11s	-31° 39’ 46”
Star	HIP 80324	6.3946	16h 23m 56s	-33° 11’ 57”
Star	HIP 79496	7.8362	16h 13m 22s	-32° 07’ 48”
Star	HIP 80140	7.3518	16h 21m 26s	-33° 18’ 04”
Star	HIP 80198	8.184	16h 22m 21s	-31° 15’ 03”
Star	HIP 79630	7.9896	16h 14m 57s	-32° 26’ 44”
Star	HIP 80341	8.5782	16h 24m 04s	-32° 15’ 31”
Star	HIP 80216	8.8928	16h 22m 30s	-32° 18’ 38”

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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