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 76901	0	15h 42m 07s	-19° 28’ 09”
Star	HIP 77165	7.5114	15h 45m 23s	-19° 06’ 26”
Star	HIP 76576	8.3788	15h 38m 18s	-20° 20’ 55”
Star	HIP 76714	6.7908	15h 39m 54s	-19° 46’ 08”
Star	HIP 76633	7.631	15h 39m 00s	-19° 43’ 57”
Star	HIP 76937	7.938	15h 42m 38s	-18° 36’ 25”
Star	HIP 76631	8.942	15h 38m 59s	-20° 34’ 59”
Star	HIP 76589	8.8182	15h 38m 30s	-19° 46’ 52”
Star	HIP 76880	4.5934	15h 41m 56s	-19° 40’ 42”
Star	HIP 76582	6.6018	15h 38m 25s	-19° 54’ 46”
Star	HIP 76628	5.2782	15h 38m 54s	-19° 18’ 06”
Star	HIP 76917	8.7672	15h 42m 19s	-19° 29’ 28”
Star	HIP 76590	8.6218	15h 38m 30s	-18° 26’ 54”
Galaxy	ESO 583-1	13.8	15h 39m 40s	-20° 36’ 23”

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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