This page shows Comet Halley (1P/Halley) 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 1P/Halley (less than 1.5 degrees):
Type | Name | Magnitude | Ar | Dec |
Star | HIP 40186 | 0 | 08h 12m 31s | +02° 50’ 05” |
Star | HIP 40376 | 7.464 | 08h 14m 39s | +01° 09’ 26” |
Star | HIP 40297 | 8.1492 | 08h 13m 45s | +01° 59’ 08” |
Star | HIP 40469 | 7.2636 | 08h 15m 48s | +02° 48’ 04” |
Star | HIP 40450 | 7.501 | 08h 15m 31s | +02° 49’ 55” |
Star | HIP 40635 | 7.527 | 08h 17m 44s | +02° 47’ 36” |
Star | HIP 40648 | 8.0314 | 08h 17m 51s | +02° 27’ 42” |
Star | HIP 40036 | 6.843 | 08h 10m 40s | +02° 56’ 58” |
Star | HIP 40745 | 8.3256 | 08h 19m 03s | +02° 31’ 28” |
Star | HIP 40479 | 8.1392 | 08h 15m 53s | +02° 27’ 25” |
Star | HIP 40500 | 8.746 | 08h 16m 07s | +03° 47’ 47” |
Star | HIP 39872 | 8.8092 | 08h 08m 41s | +02° 56’ 42” |
Star | HIP 40169 | 7.8854 | 08h 12m 13s | +02° 17’ 21” |
Star | HIP 40304 | 7.9672 | 08h 13m 49s | +01° 15’ 24” |
Galaxy | PGC 23279 | 13.6 | 08h 18m 11s | +02° 18’ 36” |
Galaxy | NGC 2538 | 13.6 | 08h 11m 22s | +03° 38’ 03” |
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