81P/Wild 2 live position and data

This page shows Comet 81P/Wild 2 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 81P/Wild 2 (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 78984	7.9948	16h 07m 21s	-18° 22’ 00”
Star	HIP 78785	6.7054	16h 05m 02s	-18° 32’ 21”
Star	HIP 79124	7.7522	16h 09m 02s	-18° 59’ 43”
Star	HIP 78968	7.7984	16h 07m 14s	-17° 56’ 09”
Star	HIP 79048	6.982	16h 08m 07s	-18° 14’ 34”
Star	HIP 78956	7.8894	16h 07m 04s	-16° 56’ 35”
Star	HIP 79169	7.795	16h 09m 30s	-17° 11’ 16”
Star	HIP 79061	8.5062	16h 08m 17s	-17° 08’ 05”
Star	HIP 78566	8.785	16h 02m 34s	-17° 51’ 46”
Star	HIP 79203	6.3872	16h 09m 55s	-18° 20’ 25”
Star	HIP 78573	8.8536	16h 02m 38s	-18° 10’ 18”
Star	HIP 79377	7.3576	16h 12m 02s	-18° 13’ 57”
Galaxy	ESO 584-5	13.7	16h 06m 43s	-18° 12’ 42”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 81P/Wild 2

• 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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