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 8031	0	01h 43m 10s	+06° 06’ 40”
Star	HIP 8254	8.7002	01h 46m 13s	+06° 32’ 10”
Star	HIP 8210	6.5454	01h 45m 42s	+08° 33’ 33”
Star	HIP 7901	8.462	01h 41m 36s	+07° 54’ 25”
Star	HIP 7505	6.2698	01h 36m 43s	+07° 49’ 53”
Star	HIP 7819	6.3162	01h 40m 34s	+08° 45’ 38”
Star	HIP 7863	8.6504	01h 41m 09s	+07° 35’ 18”
Star	HIP 7803	8.1094	01h 40m 23s	+07° 05’ 11”
Star	HIP 7774	8.868	01h 40m 03s	+06° 23’ 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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