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 116664	0	23h 38m 32s	-09° 19’ 07”
Star	HIP 116639	6.8164	23h 38m 12s	-08° 37’ 39”
Star	HIP 116404	7.6906	23h 35m 16s	-09° 41’ 23”
Star	HIP 116594	7.8352	23h 37m 41s	-09° 58’ 29”
Star	HIP 117027	8.6684	23h 43m 24s	-09° 02’ 29”
Star	HIP 116419	7.0114	23h 35m 27s	-10° 33’ 18”
Star	HIP 116469	7.4074	23h 35m 57s	-10° 41’ 15”
Star	HIP 116951	8.4112	23h 42m 22s	-08° 49’ 42”
Star	HIP 116329	8.5398	23h 34m 19s	-09° 42’ 34”
Star	HIP 116891	8.56	23h 41m 35s	-08° 49’ 29”
Star	HIP 116470	7.1228	23h 36m 00s	-08° 45’ 57”

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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