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 50882	0	10h 23m 23s	+17° 43’ 17”
Star	HIP 51388	8.515	10h 29m 44s	+16° 58’ 47”
Star	HIP 50814	7.7416	10h 22m 28s	+17° 30’ 50”
Star	HIP 50964	8.4184	10h 24m 35s	+17° 55’ 02”
Star	HIP 50819	8.3398	10h 22m 34s	+16° 44’ 28”
Star	HIP 51279	7.2854	10h 28m 26s	+15° 45’ 20”
Star	HIP 51299	6.9798	10h 28m 43s	+17° 08’ 00”
Star	HIP 51099	8.5588	10h 26m 24s	+17° 13’ 28”
Star	HIP 51145	7.3146	10h 26m 53s	+17° 13’ 10”
Star	HIP 51201	7.7822	10h 27m 28s	+15° 46’ 34”
Star	HIP 51318	7.887	10h 28m 56s	+18° 05’ 12”
Star	HIP 51005	7.9178	10h 25m 10s	+17° 31’ 39”
Star	HIP 51171	8.47	10h 27m 08s	+18° 03’ 45”
Star	HIP 50784	8.7742	10h 22m 10s	+16° 28’ 11”
Star	HIP 51020	8.9218	10h 25m 23s	+16° 55’ 12”
Galaxy	NGC 3239	11.7	10h 25m 05s	+17° 09’ 34”

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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