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81P/Wild 2 live position and data.
Right Ascension: 8.424160
Declination: 18.415326 (J2000) Magnitude: 15.28 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Cancer
Sun Distance: 295738611 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 434848272 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 21 Jul 2016 22:55 UTC [] |
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).
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 40977 | 0 | 08h 21m 42s | +17° 17’ 07” |
Star | HIP 41727 | 8.4854 | 08h 30m 31s | +18° 56’ 34” |
Star | HIP 41822 | 5.1934 | 08h 31m 35s | +18° 05’ 40” |
Star | HIP 41326 | 8.2166 | 08h 25m 54s | +17° 50’ 01” |
Star | HIP 41440 | 8.307 | 08h 27m 04s | +19° 15’ 13” |
Star | HIP 41120 | 7.524 | 08h 23m 25s | +18° 08’ 11” |
Star | HIP 41115 | 8.849 | 08h 23m 20s | +19° 48’ 52” |
Star | HIP 41233 | 8.7454 | 08h 24m 49s | +19° 10’ 13” |
Star | HIP 41226 | 7.0292 | 08h 24m 45s | +17° 10’ 55” |
Star | HIP 41319 | 6.0772 | 08h 25m 49s | +17° 02’ 47” |
Star | HIP 41765 | 7.3978 | 08h 31m 00s | +18° 58’ 06” |
Star | HIP 41117 | 5.9222 | 08h 23m 21s | +18° 19’ 56” |
Star | HIP 41505 | 7.8972 | 08h 27m 53s | +18° 04’ 07” |
Star | HIP 40989 | 8.158 | 08h 21m 53s | +17° 36’ 03” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: