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 62973	8.6888	12h 54m 13s	-13° 59’ 11”
Star	HIP 63151	7.2288	12h 56m 25s	-14° 56’ 58”
Star	HIP 63477	7.4844	13h 00m 25s	-13° 53’ 32”
Star	HIP 63196	8.1686	12h 56m 48s	-15° 06’ 33”
Star	HIP 63281	6.94	12h 58m 03s	-14° 59’ 08”
Star	HIP 63665	8.4162	13h 02m 53s	-14° 35’ 12”
Star	HIP 63593	8.6738	13h 01m 55s	-13° 49’ 07”
Star	HIP 63436	8.0536	12h 59m 56s	-14° 11’ 21”
Star	HIP 63109	6.1918	12h 55m 53s	-15° 19’ 37”
Star	HIP 63546	8.6552	13h 01m 17s	-15° 47’ 37”
Galaxy	NGC 4825	12.9	12h 57m 12s	-13° 39’ 53”
Galaxy	NGC 4855	13.1	12h 59m 18s	-13° 13’ 51”
Galaxy	NGC 4877	13.2	13h 00m 26s	-15° 16’ 59”
Galaxy	NGC 4899	12.9	13h 00m 56s	-13° 56’ 39”
Galaxy	NGC 4856	11.5	12h 59m 21s	-15° 02’ 31”
Galaxy	NGC 4924	13.5	13h 02m 12s	-14° 58’ 10”
Galaxy	NGC 4891	12.9	13h 00m 52s	-13° 26’ 59”
Galaxy	NGC 4902	11.7	13h 00m 59s	-14° 30’ 48”

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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