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 108931	7.4748	22h 04m 05s	-13° 01’ 10”
Star	HIP 109139	4.2826	22h 06m 26s	-13° 52’ 10”
Star	HIP 108958	7.2124	22h 04m 27s	-14° 26’ 49”
Star	HIP 108649	7.6946	22h 00m 38s	-14° 09’ 51”
Star	HIP 108647	7.5206	22h 00m 38s	-13° 44’ 45”
Star	HIP 109140	8.667	22h 06m 28s	-14° 05’ 15”
Star	HIP 108477	7.3696	21h 58m 29s	-13° 15’ 07”
Star	HIP 108628	8.7002	22h 00m 24s	-12° 51’ 11”
Star	HIP 109170	8.8162	22h 06m 48s	-12° 30’ 43”
Star	HIP 108692	7.3326	22h 01m 05s	-13° 01’ 37”
Star	HIP 108722	7.4832	22h 01m 27s	-14° 19’ 36”
Star	HIP 109220	6.7012	22h 07m 35s	-14° 29’ 26”
Star	HIP 109316	6.8936	22h 08m 47s	-13° 18’ 01”
Star	HIP 108468	7.1122	21h 58m 24s	-12° 39’ 53”
Galaxy	NGC 7171	12.9	22h 01m 01s	-13° 16’ 09”

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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