126P/IRAS Real Time Tracker |
Right Ascension: 6.030467
Declination: 60.435243 (J2000) Magnitude: 21.09 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Camelopardalis
Sun Distance: 522240748 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 612243361 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 9 Jul 2023 03:49 UTC [] |
This page shows Comet 126P/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 126P/IRAS (less than 1.5 degrees):
Type | Name | Magnitude | Ar | Dec |
Star | HIP 28860 | 8.537 | 06h 05m 32s | +60° 40’ 26” |
Star | HIP 28326 | 8.7782 | 05h 59m 05s | +61° 07’ 25” |
Star | HIP 27888 | 8.466 | 05h 54m 05s | +60° 02’ 43” |
Star | HIP 28751 | 8.8186 | 06h 04m 17s | +59° 52’ 19” |
Star | HIP 28468 | 7.538 | 06h 00m 36s | +59° 53’ 07” |
Star | HIP 28293 | 6.8272 | 05h 58m 46s | +60° 22’ 48” |
Star | HIP 28829 | 6.2024 | 06h 05m 08s | +59° 23’ 35” |
Star | HIP 28713 | 7.9052 | 06h 03m 52s | +60° 27’ 10” |
Star | HIP 27971 | 5.1964 | 05h 54m 57s | +59° 53’ 18” |
Star | HIP 29348 | 6.34 | 06h 11m 13s | +60° 27’ 12” |
Star | HIP 28245 | 7.1612 | 05h 58m 07s | +59° 23’ 36” |
Star | HIP 28822 | 8.6722 | 06h 05m 02s | +61° 23’ 29” |
Star | HIP 27541 | 8.6454 | 05h 49m 57s | +60° 34’ 07” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: