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).
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 116402 | 7.2026 | 23h 35m 14s | -03° 51’ 13” |
Star | HIP 116106 | 6.4456 | 23h 31m 31s | -04° 05’ 12” |
Star | HIP 116294 | 8.9632 | 23h 33m 46s | -05° 07’ 56” |
Star | HIP 116092 | 8.8268 | 23h 31m 24s | -04° 15’ 05” |
Star | HIP 116159 | 8.7782 | 23h 32m 08s | -03° 01’ 42” |
Star | HIP 116225 | 7.0784 | 23h 32m 55s | -03° 01’ 00” |
Star | HIP 116520 | 8.0992 | 23h 36m 45s | -02° 57’ 40” |
Star | HIP 115953 | 6.1524 | 23h 29m 31s | -04° 31’ 55” |
Star | HIP 116057 | 7.945 | 23h 30m 57s | -05° 03’ 38” |
Star | HIP 116266 | 6.8836 | 23h 33m 28s | -04° 24’ 04” |
Galaxy | NGC 7725 | 13.0 | 23h 39m 14s | -04° 32’ 21” |
Galaxy | NGC 7692 | 14.0 | 23h 32m 46s | -05° 35’ 48” |
Galaxy | IC 5334 | 14.0 | 23h 34m 36s | -04° 32’ 03” |
Galaxy | PGC 71954 | 13.1 | 23h 37m 52s | -03° 29’ 27” |
Galaxy | IC 1492 | 13.6 | 23h 30m 35s | -03° 02’ 25” |
Galaxy | IC 1498 | 13.8 | 23h 31m 53s | -05° 00’ 24” |
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