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 33537	6.884	06h 58m 11s	+22° 28’ 32”
Star	HIP 32921	5.2682	06h 51m 33s	+21° 45’ 40”
Star	HIP 33097	8.1174	06h 53m 36s	+22° 46’ 34”
Star	HIP 33992	7.574	07h 03m 10s	+21° 10’ 29”
Star	HIP 33906	7.8056	07h 02m 13s	+20° 49’ 41”
Star	HIP 33086	8.1848	06h 53m 26s	+21° 43’ 05”
Star	HIP 33647	7.9858	06h 59m 22s	+20° 26’ 41”
Star	HIP 33262	8.7036	06h 55m 11s	+21° 35’ 50”
Star	HIP 33599	7.6424	06h 58m 51s	+21° 36’ 52”
Star	HIP 33179	6.4196	06h 54m 21s	+21° 09’ 41”
Star	HIP 33399	7.4234	06h 56m 48s	+20° 58’ 01”
Star	HIP 33890	7.9018	07h 02m 05s	+21° 47’ 53”
Star	HIP 33656	7.9976	06h 59m 31s	+22° 14’ 47”
Star	HIP 33531	8.8018	06h 58m 07s	+21° 06’ 33”
Star	HIP 33564	8.5698	06h 58m 27s	+22° 15’ 06”
Star	HIP 33251	7.6396	06h 55m 04s	+22° 33’ 37”
Star	HIP 33962	8.8998	07h 02m 49s	+22° 07’ 10”
Star	HIP 33911	7.2556	07h 02m 16s	+22° 05’ 46”
Star	HIP 33497	7.5974	06h 57m 46s	+22° 53’ 34”
Star	HIP 33239	6.9754	06h 54m 56s	+21° 34’ 16”
Star	HIP 33496	7.7444	06h 57m 46s	+20° 27’ 59”
Star	HIP 33999	8.699	07h 03m 15s	+22° 25’ 24”

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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