41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak live position and data

This page shows Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak 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 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 4464	7.5188	00h 57m 13s	+00° 20’ 32”
Star	HIP 5189	8.153	01h 06m 25s	-00° 44’ 57”
Star	HIP 4642	8.5	00h 59m 36s	+00° 40’ 14”
Star	HIP 4624	7.494	00h 59m 23s	+00° 46’ 44”
Star	HIP 4453	8.318	00h 56m 59s	+00° 27’ 09”
Star	HIP 5181	8.5808	01h 06m 15s	-00° 15’ 55”
Star	HIP 4735	8.6256	01h 00m 49s	-01° 01’ 18”
Star	HIP 4979	6.0578	01h 03m 48s	+01° 22’ 01”
Star	HIP 4795	8.8982	01h 01m 34s	-00° 19’ 13”
Star	HIP 5123	8.8104	01h 05m 38s	+01° 12’ 03”
Star	HIP 4614	8.5716	00h 59m 07s	-00° 08’ 42”
Star	HIP 5017	8.0178	01h 04m 17s	+00° 36’ 55”
Star	HIP 4619	7.6346	00h 59m 20s	-00° 40’ 28”
Star	HIP 4623	8.7512	00h 59m 22s	+00° 47’ 09”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak

• 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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