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64P/Swift-Gehrels live position and data.
Right Ascension: 14.323174
Declination: -23.606547 (J2000) Magnitude: 24.18 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Hydra
Sun Distance: 1117722488 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 1091222642 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 31 Mar 2028 19:14 UTC [] |
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).
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 69637 | 8.7864 | 14h 15m 08s | -24° 12’ 35” |
Star | HIP 70092 | 7.622 | 14h 20m 35s | -24° 30’ 24” |
Star | HIP 70005 | 8.9838 | 14h 19m 28s | -24° 15’ 40” |
Star | HIP 69639 | 8.182 | 14h 15m 09s | -22° 33’ 51” |
Star | HIP 69973 | 7.8456 | 14h 19m 05s | -22° 57’ 12” |
Star | HIP 69558 | 8.4636 | 14h 14m 19s | -23° 07’ 56” |
Star | HIP 70180 | 8.9416 | 14h 21m 31s | -22° 49’ 56” |
Star | HIP 69846 | 8.1988 | 14h 17m 41s | -24° 33’ 18” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: