161P/Hartley-IRAS Real Time Tracker |
Right Ascension: 6.611065
Declination: -55.198539 (J2000) Magnitude: 26.23 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Carina
Sun Distance: 1167825321 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 1170270868 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 18 Dec 2026 08:56 UTC [] |
This page shows Comet 161P/Hartley-IRAS 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 161P/Hartley-IRAS (less than 1.5 degrees):
Type | Name | Magnitude | Ar | Dec |
Star | HIP 31661 | 6.7984 | 06h 37m 36s | -55° 20’ 37” |
Star | HIP 31282 | 8.1996 | 06h 33m 39s | -54° 07’ 02” |
Star | HIP 30694 | 8.4588 | 06h 26m 58s | -55° 01’ 59” |
Star | HIP 32041 | 8.6102 | 06h 41m 37s | -55° 59’ 56” |
Star | HIP 31343 | 8.5886 | 06h 34m 21s | -55° 14’ 21” |
Star | HIP 30924 | 8.5612 | 06h 29m 24s | -55° 30’ 41” |
Star | HIP 31804 | 8.7556 | 06h 38m 57s | -55° 17’ 55” |
Star | HIP 32156 | 7.8952 | 06h 42m 53s | -55° 06’ 54” |
Star | HIP 30861 | 8.2454 | 06h 28m 45s | -55° 55’ 01” |
Star | HIP 31179 | 7.8534 | 06h 32m 34s | -55° 38’ 54” |
Star | HIP 31279 | 8.6592 | 06h 33m 37s | -54° 35’ 25” |
Star | HIP 32149 | 8.2854 | 06h 42m 50s | -56° 00’ 57” |
Star | HIP 32242 | 8.3808 | 06h 43m 52s | -54° 34’ 03” |
Star | HIP 31936 | 8.7152 | 06h 40m 25s | -54° 28’ 05” |
Star | HIP 32256 | 6.6762 | 06h 44m 09s | -54° 43’ 50” |
Star | HIP 31207 | 8.0656 | 06h 32m 48s | -55° 04’ 45” |
Star | HIP 32269 | 6.4852 | 06h 44m 12s | -54° 41’ 43” |
Star | HIP 31220 | 8.6502 | 06h 32m 55s | -54° 16’ 00” |
Star | HIP 31504 | 7.5176 | 06h 35m 51s | -56° 13’ 40” |
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