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 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 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 116942	0	23h 42m 16s	+24° 54’ 58”
Star	HIP 116933	8.4702	23h 42m 09s	+23° 59’ 34”
Star	HIP 116827	8.1682	23h 40m 42s	+25° 47’ 18”
Star	HIP 116465	6.2782	23h 35m 55s	+24° 33’ 39”
Star	HIP 116888	7.5986	23h 41m 34s	+24° 13’ 25”
Star	HIP 116401	8.719	23h 35m 14s	+25° 17’ 08”
Star	HIP 116585	8.608	23h 37m 34s	+24° 50’ 59”
Star	HIP 116929	8.4014	23h 42m 03s	+25° 53’ 08”
Star	HIP 116815	7.8708	23h 40m 31s	+24° 41’ 41”
Star	HIP 116916	8.4378	23h 41m 55s	+24° 47’ 33”
Galaxy	NGC 7741	11.7	23h 43m 54s	+26° 04’ 32”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR

• 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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