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 110974	8.5882	22h 29m 02s	-09° 56’ 08”
Star	HIP 110979	7.6304	22h 29m 04s	-09° 44’ 27”
Star	HIP 111001	8.521	22h 29m 18s	-09° 39’ 45”
Star	HIP 111061	8.2892	22h 29m 55s	-08° 25’ 08”
Star	HIP 111123	4.8272	22h 30m 38s	-10° 40’ 40”
Star	HIP 111173	0	22h 31m 19s	-09° 25’ 33”
Star	HIP 111200	6.3642	22h 31m 41s	-10° 54’ 19”
Star	HIP 111261	8.1298	22h 32m 26s	-10° 56’ 26”
Star	HIP 111332	8.6966	22h 33m 21s	-09° 03’ 48”
Star	HIP 111364	8.3516	22h 33m 41s	-10° 31’ 15”
Star	HIP 111398	6.4244	22h 34m 06s	-09° 36’ 30”
Star	HIP 111414	8.392	22h 34m 20s	-09° 18’ 18”
Star	HIP 111637	8.721	22h 36m 55s	-09° 23’ 21”
Galaxy	NGC 7309	13.0	22h 34m 22s	-10° 21’ 11”

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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