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Object: C/2024 J2 (Wierzchos) (open sky map)
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C/2024 J2 (Wierzchos) Live Position Tracker
This page shows Comet C/2024 J2 (Wierzchos) 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).
Current close conjunctions
List of bright objects (stars brighter than magnitude 9.0 and galaxies brighter than magmitude 14.0) close to Comet C/2024 J2 (Wierzchos) (less than 1.5 degrees):
| Type | Name | Magnitude | Ar | Dec |
| Star | HIP 13323 | 0 | 02h 51m 28s | -02° 23’ 22” |
| Star | HIP 13576 | 0 | 02h 54m 52s | -02° 18’ 55” |
| Star | HIP 13491 | 7.5494 | 02h 53m 43s | -04° 14’ 50” |
| Star | HIP 13582 | 7.6004 | 02h 54m 57s | -03° 18’ 24” |
| Star | HIP 13316 | 7.8164 | 02h 51m 22s | -02° 59’ 50” |
| Star | HIP 13143 | 6.749 | 02h 49m 02s | -04° 13’ 29” |
| Star | HIP 13085 | 6.8402 | 02h 48m 13s | -03° 37’ 08” |
| Star | HIP 13212 | 8.6572 | 02h 50m 01s | -04° 42’ 49” |
| Star | HIP 12999 | 8.8286 | 02h 47m 08s | -03° 13’ 35” |
| Star | HIP 13596 | 8.8794 | 02h 55m 11s | -04° 18’ 59” |
| Star | HIP 13717 | 5.1638 | 02h 56m 37s | -03° 42’ 43” |
| Star | HIP 13233 | 7.162 | 02h 50m 21s | -04° 59’ 11” |
| Star | HIP 13024 | 8.2328 | 02h 47m 25s | -03° 17’ 48” |
| Galaxy | UGCA 44 | 13.7 | 02h 49m 19s | -02° 38’ 35” |
Additional resources
- 15 Days Ephemerides
- Interactive Sky Map (Planetarium)
- Rise & Set Times
- Distance from Earth
- Light Curve
- Orbital Elements
Astronomy databases
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services:
- The Digitized Sky Survey, a photographic survey of the whole sky created using images from different telescopes, including the Oschin Schmidt Telescope on Palomar Mountain
- The Hipparcos Star Catalogue, containing more than 100.000 bright stars
- The PGC 2003 Catalogue, containing information about 1 million galaxies
- The GSC 2.3 Catalogue, containing information about more than 2 billion stars and galaxies
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