11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR live position and data

This page shows Comet 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR 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 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 67164	0	13h 45m 50s	-17° 58’ 00”
Star	HIP 67060	7.518	13h 44m 31s	-17° 56’ 13”
Star	HIP 66810	8.2466	13h 41m 40s	-17° 19’ 29”
Star	HIP 66994	8.9654	13h 43m 46s	-15° 59’ 02”
Star	HIP 67494	4.8568	13h 49m 52s	-18° 08’ 02”
Star	HIP 67274	8.2358	13h 47m 16s	-17° 04’ 33”
Star	HIP 67288	5.2662	13h 47m 25s	-17° 51’ 35”
Star	HIP 66819	7.6324	13h 41m 43s	-18° 33’ 10”
Star	HIP 66717	8.4526	13h 40m 32s	-17° 20’ 37”
Star	HIP 67057	5.488	13h 44m 29s	-16° 10’ 44”
Star	HIP 67320	7.3172	13h 47m 55s	-18° 34’ 21”
Star	HIP 66749	7.8454	13h 40m 50s	-17° 47’ 33”
Star	HIP 66811	8.8228	13h 41m 40s	-16° 10’ 33”

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:

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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