78P/Gehrels Real Time Tracker |
Right Ascension: 17.550454
Declination: -17.802609 (J2000) Magnitude: 20.98 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Ophiucus
Sun Distance: 715572781 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 587952045 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 3 Apr 2019 02:58 UTC [] |
This page shows Comet 78P/Gehrels 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 78P/Gehrels (less than 1.5 degrees):
Type | Name | Magnitude | Ar | Dec |
Star | HIP 86383 | 8.5484 | 17h 39m 05s | -17° 26’ 47” |
Star | HIP 85689 | 8.9756 | 17h 30m 40s | -17° 52’ 45” |
Star | HIP 86171 | 8.8678 | 17h 36m 33s | -16° 37’ 42” |
Star | HIP 85918 | 7.7182 | 17h 33m 27s | -18° 20’ 23” |
Star | HIP 86208 | 7.3414 | 17h 37m 01s | -18° 59’ 30” |
Star | HIP 86142 | 7.472 | 17h 36m 13s | -17° 51’ 48” |
Star | HIP 85719 | 8.313 | 17h 30m 57s | -17° 22’ 24” |
Star | HIP 85690 | 8.583 | 17h 30m 40s | -19° 06’ 54” |
Star | HIP 86023 | 8.7346 | 17h 34m 46s | -16° 37’ 25” |
Star | HIP 85997 | 7.0708 | 17h 34m 33s | -18° 13’ 14” |
Star | HIP 86271 | 8.574 | 17h 37m 39s | -17° 49’ 37” |
Star | HIP 85875 | 6.7258 | 17h 32m 58s | -17° 29’ 45” |
Star | HIP 85734 | 8.1594 | 17h 31m 12s | -17° 08’ 31” |
Star | HIP 85952 | 7.898 | 17h 33m 58s | -17° 50’ 10” |
Star | HIP 85632 | 7.6202 | 17h 29m 58s | -17° 48’ 51” |
Star | HIP 85965 | 8.6346 | 17h 34m 09s | -19° 10’ 29” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: