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 117644	8.5142	23h 51m 32s	-03° 30’ 30”
Star	HIP 117761	5.8214	23h 52m 55s	-03° 09’ 19”
Star	HIP 117641	7.8068	23h 51m 28s	-03° 24’ 13”
Star	HIP 117043	8.7766	23h 43m 36s	-03° 18’ 46”
Star	HIP 117112	7.2184	23h 44m 32s	-03° 10’ 31”
Star	HIP 117352	7.5332	23h 47m 39s	-04° 27’ 42”
Star	HIP 117375	5.4156	23h 47m 56s	-02° 45’ 41”
Star	HIP 117438	7.9704	23h 48m 45s	-04° 26’ 06”
Star	HIP 117119	8.8968	23h 44m 34s	-05° 00’ 25”
Galaxy	IC 1505	14.0	23h 41m 40s	-03° 33’ 20”

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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