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 68970	7.2718	14h 07m 13s	-16° 11’ 25”
Star	HIP 68937	6.457	14h 06m 41s	-14° 12’ 17”
Star	HIP 69449	6.7252	14h 13m 09s	-13° 51’ 35”
Star	HIP 68807	7.1538	14h 05m 13s	-14° 51’ 25”
Star	HIP 69455	8.887	14h 13m 12s	-15° 37’ 28”
Star	HIP 69269	4.7682	14h 10m 50s	-16° 18’ 07”
Star	HIP 68943	8.3158	14h 06m 45s	-14° 05’ 43”
Star	HIP 69222	7.51	14h 10m 19s	-14° 13’ 15”
Star	HIP 68763	6.2396	14h 04m 27s	-14° 58’ 17”
Star	HIP 68729	8.6286	14h 04m 07s	-15° 29’ 09”
Star	HIP 69312	8.7314	14h 11m 13s	-15° 12’ 37”
Galaxy	NGC 5420	13.5	14h 03m 59s	-14° 36’ 59”

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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