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 74626	0	15h 14m 52s	-18° 37’ 47”
Star	HIP 74906	0	15h 18m 30s	-18° 10’ 57”
Star	HIP 75110	6.0676	15h 20m 53s	-18° 09’ 30”
Star	HIP 74992	8.0314	15h 19m 26s	-19° 10’ 08”
Star	HIP 74568	8.4612	15h 14m 09s	-17° 30’ 52”
Star	HIP 74593	6.7308	15h 14m 28s	-18° 25’ 42”
Star	HIP 75291	8.4746	15h 22m 59s	-18° 50’ 40”
Star	HIP 75217	8.8818	15h 22m 13s	-18° 15’ 16”
Star	HIP 75027	7.0354	15h 19m 50s	-19° 33’ 00”
Star	HIP 74728	8.0806	15h 16m 19s	-18° 37’ 44”
Star	HIP 74600	6.1836	15h 14m 33s	-17° 46’ 06”
Star	HIP 75137	8.4322	15h 21m 17s	-18° 13’ 04”
Star	HIP 74412	6.7648	15h 12m 26s	-18° 05’ 23”
Galaxy	NGC 5890	13.4	15h 17m 50s	-17° 35’ 26”
Galaxy	IC 4536	13.7	15h 13m 12s	-18° 08’ 17”

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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