64P/Swift-Gehrels live position and data

This page shows Comet 64P/Swift-Gehrels 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 64P/Swift-Gehrels (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 62302	8.0178	12h 46m 00s	-15° 32’ 09”
Star	HIP 62973	8.6888	12h 54m 13s	-13° 59’ 11”
Star	HIP 62853	7.4198	12h 52m 58s	-14° 37’ 14”
Star	HIP 63151	7.2288	12h 56m 25s	-14° 56’ 58”
Star	HIP 62610	6.4778	12h 49m 45s	-15° 52’ 58”
Star	HIP 62878	7.904	12h 53m 12s	-16° 35’ 31”
Star	HIP 62258	8.467	12h 45m 30s	-15° 30’ 30”
Star	HIP 63196	8.1686	12h 56m 48s	-15° 06’ 33”
Star	HIP 62872	7.56	12h 53m 09s	-14° 57’ 56”
Star	HIP 62508	8.894	12h 48m 36s	-14° 25’ 01”
Star	HIP 63109	6.1918	12h 55m 53s	-15° 19’ 37”
Star	HIP 62343	7.8208	12h 46m 30s	-15° 26’ 25”
Star	HIP 62611	6.9196	12h 49m 47s	-15° 04’ 44”
Star	HIP 62505	7.7938	12h 48m 32s	-15° 43’ 10”
Galaxy	NGC 4756	13.4	12h 52m 52s	-15° 24’ 47”
Galaxy	PGC 43424	13.5	12h 50m 04s	-14° 44’ 02”
Galaxy	IC 3831	13.8	12h 51m 18s	-14° 34’ 26”
Galaxy	NGC 4727	13.8	12h 50m 57s	-14° 19’ 59”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 64P/Swift-Gehrels

• 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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