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 5951	5.3364	01h 16m 36s	-02° 30’ 00”
Star	HIP 6605	6.0684	01h 24m 48s	-02° 50’ 54”
Star	HIP 6360	8.2878	01h 21m 41s	-03° 26’ 12”
Star	HIP 5985	6.4902	01h 16m 58s	-02° 16’ 43”
Star	HIP 6246	8.851	01h 20m 08s	-02° 29’ 26”
Star	HIP 6283	6.1494	01h 20m 34s	-03° 14’ 49”
Star	HIP 6302	7.3142	01h 20m 53s	-01° 18’ 38”
Star	HIP 5958	8.3286	01h 16m 39s	-02° 41’ 10”
Star	HIP 6565	7.9526	01h 24m 20s	-02° 28’ 19”
Star	HIP 6368	8.498	01h 21m 48s	-01° 59’ 49”
Star	HIP 5961	8.3738	01h 16m 41s	-01° 15’ 41”
Star	HIP 6130	7.9226	01h 18m 40s	-00° 52’ 01”
Star	HIP 5771	8.0074	01h 14m 04s	-02° 06’ 51”
Galaxy	NGC 530	14.0	01h 24m 41s	-01° 35’ 12”
Galaxy	NGC 448	13.2	01h 15m 15s	-01° 37’ 29”
Galaxy	NGC 497	13.8	01h 22m 23s	-00° 52’ 28”

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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