78P/Gehrels Real Time Position & Data |
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Right Ascension: 15.209730
Declination: -14.652967 (J2000) Magnitude: 21.91 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Libra
Sun Distance: 802885859 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 666617583 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 3 Apr 2019 02:58 UTC [] |
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78P/Gehrels live position and data
This page shows Comet 78P/Gehrels 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 78P/Gehrels (less than 1.5 degrees):
| Type | Name | Magnitude | Ar | Dec |
| Star | HIP 74145 | 7.4262 | 15h 09m 02s | -13° 59’ 58” |
| Star | HIP 74413 | 7.4588 | 15h 12m 26s | -15° 42’ 54” |
| Star | HIP 74783 | 8.5564 | 15h 16m 59s | -14° 35’ 53” |
| Star | HIP 74007 | 7.7408 | 15h 07m 25s | -15° 25’ 00” |
| Star | HIP 74209 | 8.5842 | 15h 09m 52s | -15° 42’ 23” |
| Star | HIP 74531 | 7.4154 | 15h 13m 47s | -14° 01’ 22” |
| Star | HIP 74361 | 8.91 | 15h 11m 48s | -15° 13’ 53” |
| Star | HIP 74646 | 8.847 | 15h 15m 07s | -15° 09’ 11” |
| Star | HIP 74680 | 8.148 | 15h 15m 45s | -14° 41’ 34” |
| Star | HIP 74431 | 8.0508 | 15h 12m 41s | -14° 41’ 38” |
| Star | HIP 74786 | 8.5886 | 15h 17m 01s | -15° 34’ 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 74581 | 6.5936 | 15h 14m 18s | -14° 12’ 33” |
| Star | HIP 74050 | 7.9728 | 15h 07m 58s | -14° 35’ 32” |
| Galaxy | NGC 5878 | 12.5 | 15h 13m 45s | -14° 16’ 14” |
| Galaxy | NGC 5892 | 12.4 | 15h 13m 48s | -15° 27’ 50” |
Additional resources
- 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:
- 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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