7P/Pons-Winnecke live position and data

This page shows Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke 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 7P/Pons-Winnecke (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 16778	0	03h 35m 55s	+09° 33’ 57”
Star	HIP 16786	0	03h 36m 00s	+08° 45’ 36”
Star	HIP 16796	7.445	03h 36m 11s	+08° 53’ 11”
Star	HIP 17038	7.7522	03h 39m 08s	+09° 08’ 37”
Star	HIP 17032	8.9414	03h 39m 04s	+09° 39’ 10”
Star	HIP 17059	8.7474	03h 39m 26s	+09° 03’ 54”
Star	HIP 17337	7.0278	03h 42m 37s	+08° 38’ 04”
Star	HIP 17141	8.5412	03h 40m 15s	+08° 04’ 52”
Star	HIP 16934	7.774	03h 37m 54s	+09° 55’ 58”
Star	HIP 16604	8.3426	03h 33m 44s	+09° 41’ 02”
Star	HIP 16609	8.6452	03h 33m 46s	+08° 17’ 26”
Star	HIP 17142	7.4224	03h 40m 15s	+07° 35’ 07”
Star	HIP 16511	5.7526	03h 32m 35s	+09° 22’ 24”
Star	HIP 16660	8.8882	03h 34m 21s	+08° 39’ 44”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke

• 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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