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 115720	8.1692	23h 26m 39s	-05° 13’ 55”
Star	HIP 115257	6.0496	23h 20m 40s	-05° 54’ 28”
Star	HIP 115316	6.773	23h 21m 21s	-04° 40’ 21”
Star	HIP 115852	8.081	23h 28m 16s	-05° 49’ 04”
Star	HIP 115142	5.5462	23h 19m 23s	-05° 07’ 27”
Star	HIP 115953	6.1524	23h 29m 31s	-04° 31’ 55”
Star	HIP 115892	6.826	23h 28m 46s	-05° 23’ 21”
Star	HIP 115311	7.1868	23h 21m 15s	-06° 11’ 32”
Star	HIP 115705	7.186	23h 26m 34s	-06° 36’ 27”
Star	HIP 116057	7.945	23h 30m 57s	-05° 03’ 38”
Star	HIP 115599	8.7204	23h 24m 59s	-05° 12’ 42”

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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