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 18	0	00h 00m 12s	-04° 03’ 13”
Star	HIP 117644	8.5142	23h 51m 32s	-03° 30’ 30”
Star	HIP 118156	8.896	23h 58m 02s	-01° 58’ 48”
Star	HIP 117881	7.4272	23h 54m 38s	-01° 56’ 46”
Star	HIP 117761	5.8214	23h 52m 55s	-03° 09’ 19”
Star	HIP 117641	7.8068	23h 51m 28s	-03° 24’ 13”
Star	HIP 145	5.137	00h 01m 49s	-03° 01’ 38”
Star	HIP 118186	8.3728	23h 58m 23s	-03° 21’ 16”
Star	HIP 117926	7.733	23h 55m 07s	-04° 40’ 04”
Star	HIP 44	7.816	00h 00m 31s	-03° 18’ 22”
Star	HIP 118166	8.5678	23h 58m 09s	-03° 58’ 44”
Star	HIP 118286	7.1088	23h 59m 31s	-02° 50’ 37”
Star	HIP 118312	8.276	23h 59m 49s	-02° 06’ 45”
Star	HIP 159	6.9142	00h 02m 02s	-02° 45’ 58”
Star	HIP 118209	4.7956	23h 58m 40s	-03° 33’ 20”
Star	HIP 117875	8.3648	23h 54m 34s	-02° 58’ 46”
Galaxy	PGC 72859	13.8	23h 55m 13s	-03° 44’ 48”
Galaxy	PGC 73151	13.8	23h 59m 15s	-04° 05’ 17”
Galaxy	PGC 23	13.8	00h 00m 21s	-02° 36’ 38”

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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