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 85877	8.4826	17h 33m 00s	-24° 19’ 22”
Star	HIP 85642	8.9196	17h 30m 06s	-22° 57’ 04”
Star	HIP 85755	4.7864	17h 31m 24s	-23° 57’ 45”
Star	HIP 86352	6.1426	17h 38m 44s	-21° 54’ 45”
Star	HIP 85920	8.494	17h 33m 29s	-24° 04’ 17”
Star	HIP 86455	8.5412	17h 39m 55s	-23° 03’ 40”
Star	HIP 85804	8.583	17h 31m 56s	-22° 59’ 58”
Star	HIP 85703	7.3298	17h 30m 49s	-23° 50’ 29”
Star	HIP 85954	7.3516	17h 34m 02s	-23° 01’ 52”
Star	HIP 86278	8.2608	17h 37m 46s	-23° 23’ 21”
Star	HIP 86082	8.8294	17h 35m 31s	-23° 37’ 15”
Star	HIP 86303	8.0998	17h 38m 03s	-22° 34’ 54”
Star	HIP 85925	7.6018	17h 33m 34s	-22° 10’ 17”
Star	HIP 86060	6.4782	17h 35m 18s	-22° 02’ 37”

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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