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 74234	0	15h 10m 13s	-16° 27’ 15”
Star	HIP 74413	7.4588	15h 12m 26s	-15° 42’ 54”
Star	HIP 74367	6.5436	15h 11m 49s	-16° 09’ 34”
Star	HIP 74235	8.9544	15h 10m 13s	-16° 22’ 14”
Star	HIP 74007	7.7408	15h 07m 25s	-15° 25’ 00”
Star	HIP 74209	8.5842	15h 09m 52s	-15° 42’ 23”
Star	HIP 74361	8.91	15h 11m 48s	-15° 13’ 53”
Star	HIP 73945	5.0298	15h 06m 37s	-16° 15’ 24”
Star	HIP 74401	7.3818	15h 12m 20s	-16° 24’ 39”
Star	HIP 74299	8.023	15h 11m 11s	-16° 57’ 52”
Star	HIP 74646	8.847	15h 15m 07s	-15° 09’ 11”
Star	HIP 73953	6.3994	15h 06m 49s	-16° 29’ 03”
Star	HIP 74431	8.0508	15h 12m 41s	-14° 41’ 38”
Star	HIP 74005	8.0596	15h 07m 25s	-14° 40’ 44”
Star	HIP 74591	8.5816	15h 14m 27s	-16° 00’ 15”
Star	HIP 74050	7.9728	15h 07m 58s	-14° 35’ 32”
Galaxy	NGC 5892	12.4	15h 13m 48s	-15° 27’ 50”

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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