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 75532	7.7194	15h 25m 52s	-18° 30’ 57”
Star	HIP 76106	5.484	15h 32m 36s	-19° 40’ 13”
Star	HIP 75768	8.1498	15h 28m 43s	-18° 43’ 23”
Star	HIP 76057	8.5618	15h 31m 58s	-18° 29’ 11”
Star	HIP 76033	6.2686	15h 31m 43s	-20° 09’ 53”
Star	HIP 75607	6.9088	15h 26m 50s	-20° 00’ 18”
Star	HIP 75786	8.7314	15h 28m 54s	-20° 12’ 31”
Star	HIP 75291	8.4746	15h 22m 59s	-18° 50’ 40”
Star	HIP 75623	8.5848	15h 27m 06s	-20° 44’ 27”
Star	HIP 75414	7.8834	15h 24m 29s	-19° 57’ 49”
Star	HIP 76103	8.563	15h 32m 34s	-19° 24’ 09”
Star	HIP 75985	7.616	15h 31m 02s	-18° 50’ 11”
Star	HIP 76247	8.8868	15h 34m 30s	-19° 03’ 15”
Star	HIP 76056	8.7664	15h 31m 56s	-20° 37’ 43”
Star	HIP 75830	8.6628	15h 29m 24s	-19° 24’ 16”
Star	HIP 75939	6.1822	15h 30m 36s	-20° 43’ 42”
Star	HIP 76028	8.832	15h 31m 42s	-20° 09’ 51”

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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