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Object: C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) (open sky map)

RA 13h 44m 00s Dec -57° 53’ 10” Appar J2000

Mag: 34.44 (Estimated: JPL) Const: Centaurus

Sun Dist: 7770075787.1521 km [ km/s]
Earth Dist: 7836412967.6218 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 11 Dec 99940 00:25 UTC []

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C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) live position and data

This page shows Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) 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 C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 66632	8.4118	13h 39m 28s	-57° 17’ 49”
Star	HIP 67100	8.2678	13h 45m 11s	-58° 12’ 33”
Star	HIP 66793	8.9064	13h 41m 22s	-57° 26’ 52”
Star	HIP 66384	7.6278	13h 36m 39s	-58° 29’ 53”
Star	HIP 67566	7.6116	13h 50m 44s	-57° 34’ 49”
Star	HIP 67687	8.531	13h 51m 57s	-58° 25’ 53”
Star	HIP 66528	8.9644	13h 38m 11s	-57° 30’ 21”
Star	HIP 66466	7.588	13h 37m 36s	-56° 28’ 35”
Star	HIP 66041	8.4394	13h 32m 20s	-57° 51’ 06”
Star	HIP 67149	7.2268	13h 45m 39s	-58° 14’ 34”
Star	HIP 67642	8.5422	13h 51m 33s	-58° 32’ 22”
Star	HIP 67393	8.8264	13h 48m 43s	-58° 47’ 16”
Star	HIP 66605	8.7778	13h 39m 11s	-58° 36’ 51”
Star	HIP 67014	7.7946	13h 44m 01s	-59° 14’ 09”
Star	HIP 67065	8.78	13h 44m 37s	-56° 41’ 08”
Star	HIP 66521	6.3324	13h 38m 07s	-58° 24’ 52”
Star	HIP 66505	8.1238	13h 37m 58s	-58° 12’ 29”
Star	HIP 66278	8.3882	13h 35m 02s	-58° 48’ 10”
Star	HIP 67689	8.6672	13h 51m 59s	-57° 27’ 22”
Star	HIP 66913	8.3836	13h 42m 47s	-59° 00’ 15”
Star	HIP 66897	7.6576	13h 42m 33s	-57° 51’ 08”
Star	HIP 66960	8.7436	13h 43m 26s	-57° 43’ 54”
Star	HIP 67237	8.5564	13h 46m 42s	-56° 50’ 58”
Star	HIP 66820	8.9054	13h 41m 44s	-56° 21’ 37”
Star	HIP 67465	8.9974	13h 49m 31s	-57° 45’ 35”
Star	HIP 66879	8.983	13h 42m 22s	-56° 51’ 37”
Star	HIP 66849	5.3872	13h 42m 01s	-58° 47’ 13”
Star	HIP 66575	5.8924	13h 38m 48s	-57° 37’ 21”
Star	HIP 67655	7.8986	13h 51m 40s	-57° 26’ 04”
Star	HIP 67137	8.4708	13h 45m 33s	-56° 44’ 14”
Star	HIP 66696	7.7292	13h 40m 18s	-57° 36’ 47”
Star	HIP 66553	8.2338	13h 38m 33s	-56° 43’ 50”
Star	HIP 67563	8.8166	13h 50m 40s	-57° 59’ 17”
Star	HIP 66870	7.8796	13h 42m 17s	-58° 37’ 10”
Star	HIP 66748	8.4158	13h 40m 50s	-57° 16’ 22”
Star	HIP 66022	8.0582	13h 32m 09s	-57° 44’ 04”
Star	HIP 67556	8.5924	13h 50m 35s	-58° 29’ 56”
Star	HIP 66975	7.2142	13h 43m 36s	-57° 35’ 23”
Star	HIP 66772	7.6892	13h 41m 09s	-59° 13’ 39”
Star	HIP 66402	7.9414	13h 36m 49s	-57° 47’ 24”
Star	HIP 67534	8.2688	13h 50m 16s	-57° 15’ 40”
Star	HIP 66285	8.3664	13h 35m 08s	-58° 21’ 59”
Star	HIP 66880	8.2584	13h 42m 23s	-58° 58’ 17”
Star	HIP 66925	6.0098	13h 42m 56s	-56° 46’ 04”
Star	HIP 67008	6.4936	13h 43m 57s	-59° 14’ 09”
Galaxy	PGC 48178	13.6	13h 38m 10s	-56° 28’ 41”

Additional resources

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

Please see the acknowledgements section.

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Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) live position and data

Current close conjunctions

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