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 4557	7.9514	00h 58m 18s	+04° 17’ 47”
Star	HIP 4677	7.4342	01h 00m 05s	+02° 37’ 58”
Star	HIP 4504	7.9518	00h 57m 42s	+02° 05’ 37”
Star	HIP 4759	8.7194	01h 01m 09s	+03° 25’ 47”
Star	HIP 4500	6.8444	00h 57m 39s	+01° 47’ 08”
Star	HIP 4738	8.9002	01h 00m 50s	+02° 35’ 02”
Star	HIP 4582	7.5328	00h 58m 42s	+04° 12’ 20”
Star	HIP 4529	7.7514	00h 57m 59s	+02° 29’ 10”
Star	HIP 4825	7.5646	01h 01m 59s	+02° 31’ 33”
Star	HIP 4945	7.8044	01h 03m 25s	+03° 15’ 20”
Star	HIP 4660	8.6562	00h 59m 53s	+03° 18’ 09”
Star	HIP 4186	8.3864	00h 53m 28s	+03° 18’ 10”

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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