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 11558	0	02h 28m 54s	+12° 05’ 20”
Star	HIP 12155	0	02h 36m 38s	+12° 12’ 29”
Star	HIP 11941	7.415	02h 34m 03s	+12° 10’ 51”
Star	HIP 11461	8.271	02h 27m 50s	+12° 57’ 27”
Star	HIP 11691	8.8656	02h 30m 47s	+13° 25’ 47”
Star	HIP 11309	7.3246	02h 25m 34s	+11° 58’ 18”
Star	HIP 12049	8.0954	02h 35m 20s	+13° 08’ 33”
Star	HIP 11518	8.569	02h 28m 33s	+12° 45’ 08”
Star	HIP 12153	5.6128	02h 36m 37s	+12° 26’ 52”
Star	HIP 11369	8.1684	02h 26m 26s	+12° 53’ 55”
Star	HIP 11665	8.5084	02h 30m 28s	+11° 03’ 43”
Star	HIP 11971	6.9918	02h 34m 25s	+11° 36’ 17”
Star	HIP 11795	8.444	02h 32m 11s	+12° 41’ 13”
Galaxy	NGC 990	13.5	02h 36m 18s	+11° 38’ 30”
Galaxy	IC 238	13.9	02h 35m 22s	+12° 50’ 18”

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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