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 14504	8.9012	03h 07m 19s	+08° 23’ 44”
Star	HIP 14536	8.9716	03h 07m 40s	+07° 14’ 45”
Star	HIP 13976	7.8838	03h 00m 02s	+07° 44’ 58”
Star	HIP 14600	6.9996	03h 08m 27s	+07° 38’ 35”
Star	HIP 14266	8.0334	03h 03m 57s	+07° 16’ 54”
Star	HIP 13967	8.8982	02h 59m 50s	+07° 31’ 36”
Star	HIP 14607	6.1668	03h 08m 38s	+08° 28’ 15”
Star	HIP 14319	8.3524	03h 04m 40s	+09° 01’ 42”
Star	HIP 14640	7.5854	03h 09m 10s	+07° 27’ 37”
Star	HIP 14556	8.0668	03h 07m 56s	+07° 15’ 22”
Star	HIP 13954	4.7116	02h 59m 42s	+08° 54’ 26”
Star	HIP 14176	8.074	03h 02m 48s	+08° 28’ 18”

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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