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 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”

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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