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 9880	0	02h 07m 08s	+04° 19’ 28”
Star	HIP 10279	0	02h 12m 22s	+03° 34’ 48”
Star	HIP 10327	8.296	02h 13m 02s	+04° 17’ 10”
Star	HIP 10099	6.775	02h 09m 51s	+03° 46’ 09”
Star	HIP 10273	6.3922	02h 12m 15s	+02° 44’ 43”
Star	HIP 10480	8.1646	02h 15m 07s	+03° 51’ 05”
Star	HIP 9854	8.3946	02h 06m 46s	+03° 54’ 14”
Star	HIP 9986	8.6	02h 08m 37s	+01° 55’ 46”
Star	HIP 10084	7.1714	02h 09m 39s	+04° 13’ 57”
Star	HIP 10242	6.6558	02h 11m 43s	+03° 27’ 09”
Galaxy	IC 211	13.7	02h 11m 08s	+03° 51’ 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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