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 57046	8.9244	11h 41m 43s	-07° 13’ 16”
Star	HIP 57062	8.5322	11h 41m 52s	-06° 56’ 32”
Star	HIP 57330	8.3806	11h 45m 17s	-06° 30’ 29”
Star	HIP 56817	8.2872	11h 38m 49s	-07° 36’ 00”
Star	HIP 57405	8.4768	11h 46m 07s	-06° 38’ 20”
Star	HIP 56982	7.7656	11h 40m 51s	-05° 11’ 54”
Star	HIP 57214	5.9602	11h 43m 55s	-06° 40’ 37”
Star	HIP 57164	8.349	11h 43m 25s	-05° 26’ 25”
Galaxy	PGC 36274	13.5	11h 41m 22s	-06° 28’ 41”
Galaxy	NGC 3818	12.7	11h 41m 57s	-06° 09’ 21”

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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