60P/Tsuchinshan 2 live position and data

This page shows Comet 60P/Tsuchinshan 2 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 60P/Tsuchinshan 2 (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 105668	5.466	21h 24m 11s	-12° 52’ 41”
Star	HIP 105856	6.594	21h 26m 25s	-12° 05’ 41”
Star	HIP 105965	7.0054	21h 27m 38s	-11° 40’ 00”
Star	HIP 105946	7.1162	21h 27m 23s	-13° 35’ 15”
Star	HIP 105451	7.7708	21h 21m 30s	-11° 27’ 29”
Star	HIP 105325	8.3528	21h 20m 01s	-12° 59’ 11”
Star	HIP 105603	7.4592	21h 23m 20s	-13° 30’ 48”
Star	HIP 105385	7.6444	21h 20m 46s	-12° 53’ 10”
Star	HIP 106007	6.59	21h 28m 13s	-11° 34’ 05”
Star	HIP 105633	8.0016	21h 23m 41s	-12° 03’ 36”
Star	HIP 105759	8.1508	21h 25m 12s	-13° 29’ 36”
Star	HIP 105999	8.1758	21h 28m 05s	-11° 55’ 42”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 60P/Tsuchinshan 2

• 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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