10P/Tempel 2 live position and data

This page shows Comet 10P/Tempel 2 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 10P/Tempel 2 (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 47673	8.822	09h 43m 14s	+20° 54’ 45”
Star	HIP 47740	8.7986	09h 43m 55s	+22° 04’ 02”
Star	HIP 47329	7.9826	09h 38m 41s	+21° 32’ 22”
Star	HIP 47407	8.7832	09h 39m 35s	+22° 10’ 06”
Star	HIP 47383	7.6088	09h 39m 13s	+21° 11’ 50”
Star	HIP 47484	8.33	09h 40m 47s	+21° 01’ 28”
Star	HIP 47576	8.1538	09h 42m 02s	+23° 19’ 44”
Star	HIP 47578	8.6382	09h 42m 05s	+21° 34’ 23”
Star	HIP 47197	8.833	09h 37m 08s	+21° 56’ 24”
Star	HIP 47323	8.1054	09h 38m 35s	+23° 02’ 55”
Star	HIP 47179	7.6946	09h 36m 52s	+22° 14’ 38”
Star	HIP 47941	8.224	09h 46m 09s	+20° 48’ 42”
Galaxy	NGC 2991	13.5	09h 46m 49s	+22° 00’ 56”
Galaxy	NGC 2994	14.0	09h 47m 16s	+22° 05’ 22”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 10P/Tempel 2

• 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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