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 2539	6.714	00h 32m 14s	+34° 59’ 38”
Star	HIP 3109	8.2162	00h 39m 35s	+36° 47’ 26”
Star	HIP 2942	5.3464	00h 37m 21s	+35° 23’ 58”
Star	HIP 3044	8.495	00h 38m 41s	+35° 52’ 01”
Star	HIP 3046	8.332	00h 38m 43s	+36° 35’ 37”
Star	HIP 2823	8.3518	00h 35m 52s	+34° 36’ 00”
Star	HIP 2366	8.8216	00h 30m 11s	+35° 38’ 36”
Star	HIP 3389	8.0364	00h 43m 10s	+35° 21’ 10”
Star	HIP 3176	7.996	00h 40m 29s	+36° 27’ 01”
Star	HIP 2793	8.5212	00h 35m 34s	+36° 34’ 44”
Star	HIP 2752	8.8756	00h 35m 08s	+36° 50’ 04”
Star	HIP 2801	8.0542	00h 35m 39s	+34° 28’ 46”
Star	HIP 2587	7.9518	00h 32m 51s	+35° 51’ 28”
Star	HIP 2753	6.3968	00h 35m 09s	+36° 49’ 56”
Star	HIP 2871	8.487	00h 36m 24s	+35° 46’ 56”
Star	HIP 2783	7.7328	00h 35m 30s	+35° 39’ 32”

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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