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 13505	7.5468	02h 53m 57s	+14° 13’ 08”
Star	HIP 13557	8.477	02h 54m 37s	+12° 56’ 21”
Star	HIP 13530	8.6808	02h 54m 15s	+13° 19’ 52”
Star	HIP 13878	7.1986	02h 58m 45s	+13° 36’ 16”
Star	HIP 13678	8.939	02h 56m 12s	+13° 54’ 47”
Star	HIP 13638	8.7738	02h 55m 37s	+13° 10’ 42”
Star	HIP 14037	8.3802	03h 00m 46s	+12° 59’ 05”
Galaxy	NGC 1134	13.1	02h 53m 41s	+13° 00’ 55”
Galaxy	IC 267	13.8	02h 53m 50s	+12° 50’ 54”

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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