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 57133	7.5336	11h 42m 49s	-03° 32’ 42”
Star	HIP 57419	7.519	11h 46m 19s	-03° 00’ 08”
Star	HIP 56775	6.0942	11h 38m 24s	-02° 26’ 09”
Star	HIP 56952	8.457	11h 40m 30s	-01° 50’ 15”
Star	HIP 56989	8.8474	11h 40m 56s	-02° 46’ 46”
Star	HIP 57011	8.3836	11h 41m 18s	-01° 46’ 40”
Star	HIP 56848	8.5096	11h 39m 19s	-04° 08’ 13”
Star	HIP 56738	7.562	11h 37m 59s	-01° 35’ 59”
Star	HIP 56689	8.2626	11h 37m 25s	-02° 53’ 31”
Star	HIP 57208	8.8912	11h 43m 50s	-02° 20’ 48”
Star	HIP 56932	8.9206	11h 40m 17s	-03° 19’ 06”

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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