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 49771	8.4684	10h 09m 35s	+15° 20’ 48”
Star	HIP 49866	8.4566	10h 10m 56s	+14° 28’ 58”
Star	HIP 50040	8.2102	10h 12m 59s	+16° 31’ 54”
Star	HIP 50282	8.6976	10h 15m 59s	+15° 23’ 42”
Star	HIP 50064	8.9232	10h 13m 17s	+15° 20’ 40”
Star	HIP 49811	8.1858	10h 10m 07s	+16° 31’ 00”
Star	HIP 49627	8.573	10h 07m 42s	+16° 16’ 29”
Star	HIP 49623	7.094	10h 07m 39s	+15° 09’ 27”
Star	HIP 50175	6.9312	10h 14m 31s	+16° 08’ 18”
Star	HIP 49850	7.918	10h 10m 42s	+15° 42’ 16”
Star	HIP 49846	8.3216	10h 10m 39s	+16° 02’ 15”

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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