81P/Wild Real Time Position & Data |
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Right Ascension: 17.446877
Declination: -18.250325 (J2000) Magnitude: 14.0 (Observed: COBS) Constellation: Ophiucus
Sun Distance: 337055155 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 186650757 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 24 Jul 2016 10:55 UTC [] |
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81P/Wild live position and data
This page shows Comet 81P/Wild 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 in the background 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 (less than 1.5 degrees):
| Type | Name | Magnitude | Ar | Dec |
| Star | HIP 85059 | 0 | 17h 23m 01s | -17° 58’ 50” |
| Star | HIP 85224 | 8.4264 | 17h 24m 52s | -18° 51’ 32” |
| Star | HIP 85080 | 7.9972 | 17h 23m 16s | -19° 26’ 55” |
| Star | HIP 85689 | 8.9756 | 17h 30m 40s | -17° 52’ 45” |
| Star | HIP 85195 | 6.331 | 17h 24m 37s | -18° 26’ 44” |
| Star | HIP 85719 | 8.313 | 17h 30m 57s | -17° 22’ 24” |
| Star | HIP 85690 | 8.583 | 17h 30m 40s | -19° 06’ 54” |
| Star | HIP 84964 | 8.9654 | 17h 21m 56s | -17° 46’ 28” |
| Star | HIP 85446 | 8.84 | 17h 27m 42s | -19° 13’ 24” |
| Star | HIP 85018 | 8.1758 | 17h 22m 35s | -17° 42’ 12” |
| Star | HIP 85632 | 7.6202 | 17h 29m 58s | -17° 48’ 51” |
| Star | HIP 85617 | 7.3084 | 17h 29m 43s | -19° 28’ 22” |
Additional resources
- 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:
- 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
- The Hipparcos Star Catalogue, containing more than 100.000 bright stars
- The PGC 2003 Catalogue, containing information about 1 million galaxies
- The GSC 2.3 Catalogue, containing information about more than 2 billion stars and galaxies
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