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 56572	8.3434	11h 35m 51s	-04° 45’ 20”
Star	HIP 57133	7.5336	11h 42m 49s	-03° 32’ 42”
Star	HIP 56500	6.3016	11h 34m 58s	-04° 21’ 40”
Star	HIP 57232	7.4854	11h 44m 04s	-04° 48’ 25”
Star	HIP 56907	8.4924	11h 39m 55s	-04° 57’ 37”
Star	HIP 57116	7.6286	11h 42m 32s	-04° 38’ 57”
Star	HIP 56848	8.5096	11h 39m 19s	-04° 08’ 13”
Star	HIP 56982	7.7656	11h 40m 51s	-05° 11’ 54”
Star	HIP 56479	7.8964	11h 34m 45s	-04° 57’ 15”
Star	HIP 57164	8.349	11h 43m 25s	-05° 26’ 25”
Star	HIP 56699	7.7042	11h 37m 33s	-04° 30’ 19”
Star	HIP 56884	8.7486	11h 39m 39s	-04° 59’ 03”
Star	HIP 57275	7.6354	11h 44m 41s	-04° 30’ 38”
Star	HIP 57289	8.7476	11h 44m 49s	-04° 35’ 34”
Star	HIP 56932	8.9206	11h 40m 17s	-03° 19’ 06”

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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