96P/Machholz Real Time Tracker |
Right Ascension: 19.386722
Declination: -28.965174 (J2000) Magnitude: 23.00 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Sagittarius
Sun Distance: 728998359 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 642971753 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 16 Jul 2012 02:52 UTC [] |
This page shows Comet 96P/Machholz 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 96P/Machholz (less than 1.5 degrees):
Type | Name | Magnitude | Ar | Dec |
Star | HIP 95408 | 6.0352 | 19h 24m 30s | -27° 51’ 57” |
Star | HIP 95075 | 8.7252 | 19h 20m 36s | -27° 59’ 57” |
Star | HIP 95509 | 8.4614 | 19h 25m 32s | -30° 17’ 44” |
Star | HIP 95456 | 5.7964 | 19h 25m 04s | -29° 18’ 33” |
Star | HIP 94958 | 8.1026 | 19h 19m 25s | -29° 01’ 15” |
Star | HIP 94914 | 8.2398 | 19h 18m 52s | -28° 13’ 49” |
Star | HIP 95735 | 8.3212 | 19h 28m 22s | -29° 23’ 13” |
Star | HIP 95619 | 5.65 | 19h 26m 56s | -29° 44’ 35” |
Star | HIP 94752 | 7.6318 | 19h 16m 48s | -28° 40’ 01” |
Star | HIP 95782 | 7.8622 | 19h 28m 53s | -28° 58’ 11” |
Star | HIP 95203 | 7.0584 | 19h 22m 03s | -29° 31’ 23” |
Star | HIP 95164 | 7.0684 | 19h 21m 39s | -29° 36’ 19” |
Star | HIP 95386 | 8.9884 | 19h 24m 14s | -27° 50’ 41” |
Galaxy | ESO 460-4 | 13.9 | 19h 28m 16s | -29° 31’ 44” |
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