46P/Wirtanen Real Time Tracker |
Right Ascension: 3.686397
Declination: 17.856297 (J2000) Magnitude: 18.18 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Taurus
Sun Distance: 159352920 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 306277827 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 21 May 2024 12:17 UTC [] |
This page shows Comet 46P/Wirtanen 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 46P/Wirtanen (less than 1.5 degrees):
Type | Name | Magnitude | Ar | Dec |
Star | HIP 17405 | 0 | 03h 43m 45s | +16° 40’ 04” |
Star | HIP 16896 | 8.6874 | 03h 37m 22s | +18° 35’ 48” |
Star | HIP 17058 | 6.0748 | 03h 39m 25s | +16° 32’ 12” |
Star | HIP 17291 | 8.8082 | 03h 42m 06s | +16° 57’ 21” |
Star | HIP 17076 | 8.1554 | 03h 39m 33s | +18° 23’ 07” |
Star | HIP 16802 | 8.5806 | 03h 36m 16s | +17° 48’ 43” |
Star | HIP 17657 | 8.8964 | 03h 46m 55s | +18° 17’ 02” |
Star | HIP 17336 | 7.0304 | 03h 42m 36s | +17° 17’ 36” |
Star | HIP 16811 | 8.6296 | 03h 36m 23s | +18° 21’ 43” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: