78P/Gehrels Real Time Tracker |
Right Ascension: 16.468854
Declination: -18.642191 (J2000) Magnitude: 22.30 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Ophiucus
Sun Distance: 764411564 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 908470999 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 3 Apr 2019 02:58 UTC [] |
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).
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 80569 | 4.2368 | 16h 27m 01s | -18° 27’ 22” |
Star | HIP 80570 | 7.1846 | 16h 27m 01s | -17° 46’ 06” |
Star | HIP 80940 | 8.0348 | 16h 31m 38s | -17° 42’ 48” |
Star | HIP 80403 | 8.581 | 16h 24m 41s | -17° 33’ 38” |
Star | HIP 80784 | 7.8968 | 16h 29m 43s | -18° 40’ 48” |
Star | HIP 80655 | 8.216 | 16h 28m 00s | -17° 50’ 41” |
Star | HIP 80712 | 7.1596 | 16h 28m 45s | -17° 59’ 05” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: