60P/Tsuchinshan live position and data

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

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 112669	8.5374	22h 49m 00s	-03° 23’ 15”
Star	HIP 111965	6.2792	22h 40m 47s	-03° 33’ 14”
Star	HIP 112078	6.3396	22h 42m 05s	-05° 06’ 06”
Star	HIP 112559	6.5368	22h 47m 50s	-04° 13’ 41”
Star	HIP 112079	7.1628	22h 42m 06s	-03° 28’ 24”
Star	HIP 112617	7.9574	22h 48m 30s	-04° 34’ 31”
Star	HIP 112139	8.9988	22h 42m 53s	-04° 41’ 39”
Star	HIP 112309	8.846	22h 44m 54s	-04° 54’ 56”
Galaxy	NGC 7351	13.1	22h 41m 17s	-04° 27’ 18”
Galaxy	NGC 7344	13.8	22h 39m 41s	-04° 10’ 19”

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:

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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