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 102419	6.9316	20h 45m 14s	-15° 47’ 53”
Star	HIP 102222	8.4514	20h 42m 45s	-15° 54’ 31”
Star	HIP 102691	8.7696	20h 48m 27s	-14° 54’ 22”
Star	HIP 102515	8.8652	20h 46m 31s	-16° 41’ 52”
Star	HIP 102658	6.9636	20h 48m 12s	-16° 31’ 16”
Star	HIP 102922	7.8578	20h 51m 05s	-16° 24’ 52”
Star	HIP 102178	8.675	20h 42m 13s	-17° 04’ 43”
Star	HIP 102591	8.035	20h 47m 27s	-15° 36’ 54”
Star	HIP 102026	5.6912	20h 40m 32s	-16° 07’ 27”
Star	HIP 102659	7.8154	20h 48m 13s	-16° 44’ 19”
Star	HIP 102213	8.1186	20h 42m 38s	-15° 40’ 15”
Star	HIP 102289	8.2554	20h 43m 34s	-15° 11’ 14”
Star	HIP 102875	7.9104	20h 50m 35s	-15° 30’ 39”
Star	HIP 102521	7.5958	20h 46m 34s	-17° 09’ 45”
Star	HIP 102433	7.2658	20h 45m 23s	-15° 02’ 05”
Galaxy	IC 1334	13.9	20h 52m 17s	-16° 17’ 08”

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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