55P/Tempel-Tuttle Real Time Position & Data |
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Right Ascension: 15.042622
Declination: -15.518536 (J2000) Magnitude: 46.01 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Libra
Sun Distance: 2353450396 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 2466340914 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 27 May 2031 15:48 UTC [] |
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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 in the background 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 73308 | 8.4746 | 14h 58m 52s | -15° 26’ 10” |
| Star | HIP 73074 | 7.9212 | 14h 56m 02s | -15° 39’ 23” |
| Star | HIP 73416 | 8.9662 | 15h 00m 13s | -14° 43’ 42” |
| Star | HIP 73724 | 7.961 | 15h 04m 14s | -15° 29’ 51” |
| Star | HIP 74007 | 7.7408 | 15h 07m 25s | -15° 25’ 00” |
| Star | HIP 73720 | 8.2326 | 15h 04m 08s | -15° 27’ 41” |
| Star | HIP 73517 | 8.4968 | 15h 01m 34s | -15° 56’ 02” |
| Star | HIP 73945 | 5.0298 | 15h 06m 37s | -16° 15’ 24” |
| Star | HIP 73766 | 7.839 | 15h 04m 44s | -14° 59’ 50” |
| Star | HIP 73670 | 7.6684 | 15h 03m 33s | -16° 35’ 31” |
| Star | HIP 73613 | 8.4056 | 15h 02m 46s | -15° 03’ 00” |
| Galaxy | NGC 5796 | 12.6 | 14h 59m 23s | -16° 37’ 27” |
Additional resources
- 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:
- 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
- The Hipparcos Star Catalogue, containing more than 100.000 bright stars
- The PGC 2003 Catalogue, containing information about 1 million galaxies
- The GSC 2.3 Catalogue, containing information about more than 2 billion stars and galaxies
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