73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann Real Time Position & Data |
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Right Ascension: 3.339594
Declination: 14.470054 (J2000) Magnitude: 27.25 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Aries
Sun Distance: 465825524 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 601059479 km [ km/s]
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73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann live position and data
This page shows Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 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 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (less than 1.5 degrees):
| Type | Name | Magnitude | Ar | Dec |
| Star | HIP 15662 | 0 | 03h 21m 43s | +13° 25’ 55” |
| Star | HIP 15394 | 7.338 | 03h 18m 27s | +15° 10’ 41” |
| Star | HIP 15822 | 8.5762 | 03h 23m 52s | +13° 50’ 14” |
| Star | HIP 15249 | 8.7168 | 03h 16m 42s | +15° 39’ 27” |
| Star | HIP 15345 | 7.5402 | 03h 17m 52s | +13° 50’ 50” |
| Star | HIP 15233 | 8.347 | 03h 16m 25s | +13° 51’ 05” |
| Star | HIP 15525 | 8.8382 | 03h 20m 02s | +15° 39’ 28” |
| Star | HIP 15894 | 8.1514 | 03h 24m 44s | +14° 58’ 25” |
| Star | HIP 15153 | 7.9312 | 03h 15m 18s | +14° 18’ 11” |
| Star | HIP 15283 | 8.3742 | 03h 17m 11s | +15° 24’ 24” |
| Star | HIP 15508 | 7.0616 | 03h 19m 52s | +13° 22’ 37” |
Additional resources
- 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:
- 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
- The Hipparcos Star Catalogue, containing more than 100.000 bright stars
- The PGC 2003 Catalogue, containing information about 1 million galaxies
- The GSC 2.3 Catalogue, containing information about more than 2 billion stars and galaxies
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