74P/Smirnova-Chernykh live position and data

This page shows Comet 74P/Smirnova-Chernykh 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 74P/Smirnova-Chernykh (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 897	0	00h 11m 04s	-05° 47’ 02”
Star	HIP 1120	7.3238	00h 14m 01s	-03° 54’ 31”
Star	HIP 1265	7.342	00h 15m 51s	-05° 36’ 04”
Star	HIP 936	8.2124	00h 11m 35s	-05° 04’ 05”
Star	HIP 1230	7.6576	00h 15m 16s	-06° 08’ 17”
Star	HIP 1062	7.9234	00h 13m 12s	-05° 14’ 31”
Star	HIP 840	5.7548	00h 10m 18s	-05° 14’ 54”
Star	HIP 1380	8.7132	00h 17m 15s	-04° 26’ 56”
Star	HIP 637	8.6844	00h 07m 47s	-05° 29’ 09”
Star	HIP 849	8.4904	00h 10m 24s	-06° 02’ 22”
Galaxy	PGC 1022	13.5	00h 15m 16s	-06° 20’ 40”
Galaxy	NGC 38	13.5	00h 11m 46s	-05° 35’ 12”
Galaxy	PGC 1109	12.6	00h 16m 50s	-05° 16’ 06”
Galaxy	PGC 902	12.4	00h 13m 34s	-05° 05’ 36”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 74P/Smirnova-Chernykh

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

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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