62P/Tsuchinshan Real Time Tracker |
Right Ascension: 12.066717
Declination: 7.161906 (J2000) Magnitude: 16.50 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Virgo
Sun Distance: 282026019 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 149186473 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 17 Nov 2017 12:41 UTC [] |
This page shows Comet 62P/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).
List of bright objects (stars brighter than magnitude 9.0 and galaxies brighter than magmitude 14.0) close to Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan (less than 1.5 degrees):
Type | Name | Magnitude | Ar | Dec |
Star | HIP 58638 | 7.7354 | 12h 01m 27s | +06° 30’ 21” |
Star | HIP 58473 | 8.348 | 11h 59m 28s | +06° 53’ 36” |
Star | HIP 58715 | 7.4698 | 12h 02m 35s | +08° 04’ 11” |
Star | HIP 59080 | 8.4906 | 12h 06m 56s | +05° 48’ 14” |
Star | HIP 58602 | 8.2328 | 12h 01m 01s | +07° 54’ 54” |
Star | HIP 58590 | 4.6448 | 12h 00m 52s | +06° 36’ 51” |
Star | HIP 58809 | 6.3636 | 12h 03m 44s | +05° 33’ 28” |
Star | HIP 59170 | 7.752 | 12h 08m 02s | +06° 02’ 10” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: