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 52236	0	10h 40m 18s	+11° 10’ 01”
Star	HIP 52241	0	10h 40m 21s	+11° 11’ 31”
Star	HIP 52625	8.757	10h 45m 43s	+10° 01’ 17”
Star	HIP 52707	8.7484	10h 46m 36s	+11° 11’ 04”
Star	HIP 52373	6.8902	10h 42m 16s	+10° 21’ 20”
Star	HIP 52809	8.0368	10h 47m 46s	+10° 26’ 36”
Star	HIP 52911	5.3128	10h 49m 15s	+10° 32’ 42”
Star	HIP 52532	7.3692	10h 44m 26s	+10° 22’ 29”
Star	HIP 52893	7.405	10h 49m 03s	+10° 09’ 28”
Galaxy	NGC 3368	10.1	10h 46m 45s	+11° 49’ 14”
Galaxy	NGC 3351	10.6	10h 43m 58s	+11° 42’ 14”
Galaxy	UGC 5897	13.7	10h 47m 41s	+11° 04’ 40”

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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