55P/Tempel-Tuttle live position and data

This page shows Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle 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 55P/Tempel-Tuttle (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 75314	0	15h 23m 13s	-19° 14’ 36”
Star	HIP 75423	0	15h 24m 45s	-17° 07’ 37”
Star	HIP 75532	7.7194	15h 25m 52s	-18° 30’ 57”
Star	HIP 75110	6.0676	15h 20m 53s	-18° 09’ 30”
Star	HIP 75768	8.1498	15h 28m 43s	-18° 43’ 23”
Star	HIP 75291	8.4746	15h 22m 59s	-18° 50’ 40”
Star	HIP 75414	7.8834	15h 24m 29s	-19° 57’ 49”
Star	HIP 75217	8.8818	15h 22m 13s	-18° 15’ 16”
Star	HIP 75985	7.616	15h 31m 02s	-18° 50’ 11”
Star	HIP 75137	8.4322	15h 21m 17s	-18° 13’ 04”
Star	HIP 75830	8.6628	15h 29m 24s	-19° 24’ 16”
Star	HIP 75848	6.6444	15h 29m 34s	-17° 26’ 27”
Star	HIP 75506	8.3952	15h 25m 25s	-17° 05’ 39”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle

• 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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