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 91143	7.0876	18h 35m 36s	-18° 33’ 02”
Star	HIP 91246	7.8166	18h 36m 41s	-17° 12’ 24”
Star	HIP 91267	7.9742	18h 36m 58s	-19° 08’ 23”
Star	HIP 91276	6.8662	18h 37m 07s	-19° 12’ 33”
Star	HIP 91343	6.7666	18h 37m 51s	-17° 13’ 52”
Star	HIP 91667	8.488	18h 41m 36s	-17° 59’ 15”
Star	HIP 91698	8.7626	18h 41m 57s	-19° 06’ 18”
Star	HIP 91714	6.9746	18h 42m 10s	-17° 00’ 39”
Star	HIP 91781	6.2716	18h 42m 55s	-19° 17’ 02”
Star	HIP 91806	8.8492	18h 43m 09s	-18° 09’ 34”
Star	HIP 91865	8.1994	18h 43m 42s	-17° 32’ 43”
Star	HIP 91884	7.3778	18h 43m 51s	-16° 56’ 29”
Star	HIP 91903	6.7126	18h 44m 08s	-19° 19’ 04”
Star	HIP 92038	7.1312	18h 45m 37s	-17° 32’ 41”
Star	HIP 92066	7.4238	18h 45m 53s	-18° 21’ 50”
Star	HIP 92071	8.034	18h 45m 56s	-19° 04’ 55”

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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