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 7196	7.8114	01h 32m 44s	+03° 01’ 56”
Star	HIP 7957	7.504	01h 42m 10s	+02° 18’ 28”
Star	HIP 7632	6.7686	01h 38m 19s	+02° 35’ 09”
Star	HIP 7860	8.0088	01h 41m 06s	+03° 42’ 49”
Star	HIP 7312	8.844	01h 34m 07s	+02° 26’ 47”
Star	HIP 7732	8.6756	01h 39m 34s	+03° 33’ 03”
Star	HIP 7281	8.2442	01h 33m 45s	+03° 46’ 19”
Star	HIP 7295	8.8242	01h 33m 55s	+02° 33’ 55”
Star	HIP 7842	8.3264	01h 40m 52s	+01° 37’ 41”
Star	HIP 7833	8.357	01h 40m 46s	+02° 42’ 17”
Star	HIP 7491	8.627	01h 36m 26s	+03° 47’ 08”
Star	HIP 7929	8.8392	01h 41m 56s	+01° 54’ 10”
Star	HIP 7747	8.1074	01h 39m 43s	+03° 27’ 19”
Star	HIP 7722	8.9168	01h 39m 22s	+02° 11’ 26”
Star	HIP 7476	7.7452	01h 36m 16s	+04° 18’ 51”
Galaxy	UGC 1183	12.7	01h 40m 28s	+02° 41’ 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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