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 1082	0	00h 13m 28s	-00° 08’ 51”
Star	HIP 1321	8.3884	00h 16m 35s	-01° 31’ 23”
Star	HIP 1189	8.1224	00h 14m 50s	-00° 18’ 10”
Star	HIP 1874	8.522	00h 23m 40s	-00° 32’ 28”
Star	HIP 1365	8.3098	00h 17m 05s	-01° 39’ 10”
Star	HIP 1385	8.9058	00h 17m 19s	+00° 35’ 24”
Star	HIP 1397	7.7874	00h 17m 28s	+00° 19’ 15”
Star	HIP 1127	8.5308	00h 14m 04s	-00° 02’ 00”
Star	HIP 1545	7.8662	00h 19m 16s	+00° 31’ 14”
Star	HIP 1437	8.7648	00h 17m 54s	+00° 22’ 39”
Star	HIP 968	8.6326	00h 11m 59s	-00° 13’ 46”
Galaxy	NGC 78A	13.7	00h 20m 25s	+00° 49’ 36”

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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