109P/Swift-Tuttle live position and data

This page shows Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle 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 below 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 109P/Swift-Tuttle (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 47910	8.7984	09h 45m 54s	-21° 45’ 20”
Star	HIP 47607	8.1674	09h 42m 27s	-21° 08’ 03”
Star	HIP 47856	8.2168	09h 45m 15s	-20° 40’ 19”
Star	HIP 47472	7.6366	09h 40m 38s	-21° 34’ 53”
Star	HIP 47139	8.2376	09h 36m 19s	-20° 53’ 14”
Star	HIP 47866	8.1824	09h 45m 20s	-20° 20’ 24”
Star	HIP 47319	8.9886	09h 38m 31s	-20° 55’ 40”
Star	HIP 47698	6.481	09h 43m 30s	-20° 21’ 56”
Star	HIP 47726	8.3562	09h 43m 44s	-21° 09’ 19”
Star	HIP 48005	8.0164	09h 47m 07s	-21° 42’ 02”
Star	HIP 47194	8.1284	09h 37m 06s	-21° 24’ 01”
Star	HIP 47535	8.8408	09h 41m 27s	-21° 47’ 28”
Star	HIP 47668	8.1454	09h 43m 12s	-22° 19’ 19”
Galaxy	NGC 2986	11.7	09h 44m 16s	-21° 16’ 42”
Galaxy	ESO 565-30	13.5	09h 38m 01s	-20° 20’ 39”
Galaxy	NGC 2996	13.6	09h 46m 30s	-21° 34’ 18”
Galaxy	NGC 2945	13.2	09h 37m 40s	-22° 02’ 13”
Galaxy	NGC 2983	12.8	09h 43m 40s	-20° 28’ 41”
Galaxy	NGC 2935	12.2	09h 36m 44s	-21° 07’ 41”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle

• 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:

1. 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
2. The Hipparcos Star Catalogue, containing more than 100.000 bright stars
3. The PGC 2003 Catalogue, containing information about 1 million galaxies
4. The GSC 2.3 Catalogue, containing information about more than 2 billion stars and galaxies

Please see the acknowledgements section.

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