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 90438	8.7528	18h 27m 09s	-01° 28’ 12”
Star	HIP 90491	8.6386	18h 27m 54s	-01° 05’ 36”
Star	HIP 90642	5.2902	18h 29m 40s	-01° 59’ 06”
Star	HIP 90656	7.9614	18h 29m 52s	-01° 49’ 03”
Star	HIP 90795	7.0636	18h 31m 22s	-00° 28’ 55”
Star	HIP 90810	7.1698	18h 31m 28s	-01° 38’ 05”
Star	HIP 90832	7.0582	18h 31m 46s	-02° 25’ 06”
Star	HIP 90844	5.9276	18h 31m 56s	-01° 00’ 10”
Star	HIP 90932	8.6286	18h 32m 55s	-00° 19’ 49”
Star	HIP 90949	8.0058	18h 33m 08s	-01° 27’ 44”
Star	HIP 91012	8.6118	18h 33m 56s	-02° 49’ 14”
Star	HIP 91028	8.6982	18h 34m 09s	-02° 02’ 40”
Star	HIP 91044	8.32	18h 34m 20s	-00° 40’ 25”
Star	HIP 91086	8.789	18h 34m 44s	-01° 54’ 39”
Star	HIP 91358	8.6986	18h 37m 58s	-01° 49’ 01”
Star	HIP 91384	6.6072	18h 38m 19s	-01° 06’ 46”

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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