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 83396	0	17h 02m 41s	-22° 38’ 18”
Star	HIP 83099	8.4468	16h 58m 52s	-23° 44’ 46”
Star	HIP 83005	8.2112	16h 57m 41s	-21° 46’ 30”
Star	HIP 82925	5.5782	16h 56m 48s	-23° 09’ 01”
Star	HIP 83629	7.0656	17h 05m 30s	-22° 04’ 21”
Star	HIP 83097	8.1896	16h 58m 47s	-23° 59’ 11”
Star	HIP 83297	8.8218	17h 01m 24s	-22° 49’ 29”
Star	HIP 83542	6.9794	17h 04m 27s	-23° 23’ 25”
Star	HIP 83456	7.3282	17h 03m 21s	-23° 09’ 05”
Star	HIP 83224	7.2178	17h 00m 29s	-21° 27’ 41”
Star	HIP 83488	8.81	17h 03m 48s	-23° 37’ 03”
Star	HIP 83356	8.224	17h 02m 08s	-23° 17’ 16”

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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