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 999	8.3888	00h 12m 30s	+14° 33’ 49”
Star	HIP 856	8.1964	00h 10m 29s	+15° 13’ 54”
Star	HIP 451	8.5936	00h 05m 24s	+16° 19’ 44”
Star	HIP 1067	2.8378	00h 13m 14s	+15° 11’ 01”
Star	HIP 1108	8.929	00h 13m 48s	+16° 34’ 50”
Star	HIP 764	8.9272	00h 09m 23s	+14° 25’ 03”
Star	HIP 1027	8.5242	00h 12m 48s	+15° 33’ 37”
Star	HIP 1057	6.4186	00h 13m 09s	+16° 55’ 17”
Star	HIP 1156	8.1882	00h 14m 27s	+16° 38’ 27”
Star	HIP 378	7.339	00h 04m 41s	+14° 57’ 55”
Star	HIP 503	7.7738	00h 06m 01s	+16° 27’ 07”
Galaxy	NGC 14	12.8	00h 08m 46s	+15° 48’ 55”

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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