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 77811	5.0354	15h 53m 20s	-20° 10’ 01”
Star	HIP 77539	7.538	15h 49m 56s	-21° 29’ 26”
Star	HIP 78082	8.4168	15h 56m 37s	-20° 25’ 49”
Star	HIP 77428	8.6474	15h 48m 22s	-20° 23’ 43”
Star	HIP 77815	8.3708	15h 53m 21s	-21° 58’ 16”
Star	HIP 77338	7.7976	15h 47m 20s	-20° 28’ 08”
Star	HIP 77854	8.6156	15h 53m 52s	-20° 18’ 53”
Star	HIP 77677	7.6938	15h 51m 29s	-20° 35’ 14”
Star	HIP 77360	7.956	15h 47m 31s	-21° 14’ 01”
Star	HIP 77521	7.7084	15h 49m 40s	-20° 46’ 38”

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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