C/1975 V1-A (West) Real Time Tracker |
Right Ascension: 19.677702
Declination: -16.234195 (J2000) Magnitude: 29.19 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Sagittarius
Sun Distance: 11130997398 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 11069857946 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 25 Feb 1976 05:19 UTC [] |
This page shows Comet West (C/1975 V1-A) 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 West (C/1975 V1-A) (less than 1.5 degrees):
Type | Name | Magnitude | Ar | Dec |
Star | HIP 96782 | 8.529 | 19h 40m 21s | -15° 48’ 34” |
Star | HIP 97063 | 5.45 | 19h 43m 33s | -15° 28’ 10” |
Star | HIP 96779 | 8.6112 | 19h 40m 17s | -16° 52’ 41” |
Star | HIP 96667 | 7.276 | 19h 39m 12s | -16° 54’ 28” |
Star | HIP 96738 | 7.5926 | 19h 39m 54s | -14° 50’ 57” |
Star | HIP 96950 | 5.037 | 19h 42m 31s | -16° 07’ 26” |
Star | HIP 96462 | 8.5282 | 19h 36m 41s | -17° 20’ 03” |
Star | HIP 97303 | 7.9038 | 19h 46m 32s | -16° 12’ 33” |
Star | HIP 96666 | 7.3524 | 19h 39m 12s | -16° 54’ 34” |
Star | HIP 96808 | 5.1806 | 19h 40m 43s | -16° 17’ 35” |
Star | HIP 97134 | 7.8904 | 19h 44m 30s | -17° 24’ 01” |
Star | HIP 96736 | 6.7308 | 19h 39m 52s | -15° 10’ 02” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: