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 88506	8.9802	18h 04m 23s	-24° 26’ 16”
Star	HIP 88142	6.5414	18h 00m 11s	-24° 17’ 03”
Star	HIP 88333	7.5408	18h 02m 23s	-23° 01’ 50”
Star	HIP 87880	6.3962	17h 57m 07s	-23° 56’ 21”
Star	HIP 88560	7.3544	18h 04m 58s	-24° 40’ 50”
Star	HIP 88581	6.8356	18h 05m 10s	-24° 23’ 54”
Star	HIP 88330	8.7672	18h 02m 23s	-23° 02’ 00”
Star	HIP 88463	8.976	18h 03m 44s	-25° 18’ 45”
Star	HIP 88705	8.2622	18h 06m 33s	-23° 56’ 43”
Star	HIP 88469	5.93	18h 03m 52s	-24° 21’ 38”
Star	HIP 87919	8.5724	17h 57m 34s	-25° 04’ 56”
Star	HIP 87981	8.549	17h 58m 19s	-23° 42’ 07”
Star	HIP 88380	5.3528	18h 02m 51s	-24° 16’ 56”
Star	HIP 88256	8.2884	18h 01m 20s	-24° 37’ 55”
Star	HIP 88116	4.7354	17h 59m 47s	-23° 48’ 57”
Star	HIP 88298	5.749	18h 01m 54s	-22° 46’ 49”

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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