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 60248	7.535	12h 21m 13s	-09° 32’ 57”
Star	HIP 60420	7.5378	12h 23m 16s	-09° 46’ 16”
Star	HIP 60518	7.3366	12h 24m 21s	-10° 28’ 30”
Star	HIP 60812	8.487	12h 27m 50s	-10° 10’ 01”
Star	HIP 60277	8.196	12h 21m 34s	-09° 23’ 59”
Star	HIP 60236	8.5524	12h 21m 08s	-11° 28’ 32”
Star	HIP 60634	8.3386	12h 25m 35s	-10° 02’ 18”
Star	HIP 60160	8.625	12h 20m 13s	-10° 47’ 45”
Star	HIP 60088	6.7296	12h 19m 20s	-08° 54’ 52”
Galaxy	NGC 4240	13.7	12h 17m 24s	-09° 57’ 07”

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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