1P/Halley Real Time Tracker |
Right Ascension: 8.382757
Declination: 2.217137 (J2000) Magnitude: 25.57 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Hydra
Sun Distance: 5257385558 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 5186398643 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 6 Jan 2062 19:10 UTC [] |
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 40635 | 7.527 | 08h 17m 44s | +02° 47’ 36” |
Star | HIP 41300 | 8.3294 | 08h 25m 35s | +03° 29’ 27” |
Star | HIP 40938 | 7.2144 | 08h 21m 16s | +01° 03’ 50” |
Star | HIP 40648 | 8.0314 | 08h 17m 51s | +02° 27’ 42” |
Star | HIP 41062 | 8.9018 | 08h 22m 44s | +01° 01’ 44” |
Star | HIP 40745 | 8.3256 | 08h 19m 03s | +02° 31’ 28” |
Star | HIP 40774 | 8.281 | 08h 19m 19s | +01° 20’ 20” |
Star | HIP 40783 | 8.9664 | 08h 19m 25s | +01° 36’ 10” |
Star | HIP 40903 | 8.4074 | 08h 20m 48s | +01° 23’ 17” |
Star | HIP 41299 | 5.5724 | 08h 25m 35s | +02° 06’ 08” |
Star | HIP 41215 | 8.8504 | 08h 24m 36s | +01° 28’ 41” |
Star | HIP 41315 | 6.4434 | 08h 25m 48s | +01° 34’ 27” |
Star | HIP 41366 | 7.1574 | 08h 26m 20s | +02° 29’ 24” |
Star | HIP 41012 | 6.6332 | 08h 22m 11s | +02° 09’ 05” |
Star | HIP 40893 | 7.369 | 08h 20m 41s | +02° 39’ 53” |
Star | HIP 40955 | 8.357 | 08h 21m 29s | +03° 38’ 40” |
Star | HIP 41297 | 8.8882 | 08h 25m 33s | +00° 56’ 57” |
Galaxy | IC 2327 | 14.0 | 08h 21m 28s | +03° 10’ 09” |
Galaxy | PGC 23279 | 13.6 | 08h 18m 11s | +02° 18’ 36” |
Galaxy | IC 503 | 13.9 | 08h 22m 10s | +03° 16’ 05” |
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