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 53621	8.7214	10h 58m 12s	-03° 29’ 04”
Star	HIP 53668	7.573	10h 58m 50s	-02° 14’ 10”
Star	HIP 54013	7.0912	11h 02m 57s	-02° 38’ 07”
Star	HIP 53443	8.4686	10h 55m 58s	-02° 53’ 33”
Star	HIP 53273	5.3584	10h 53m 43s	-02° 07’ 45”
Star	HIP 53728	8.9812	10h 59m 33s	-04° 11’ 31”
Star	HIP 53207	8.7388	10h 52m 56s	-03° 03’ 04”
Star	HIP 53875	8.737	11h 01m 20s	-02° 27’ 44”
Star	HIP 53907	4.5644	11h 01m 49s	-02° 29’ 04”
Star	HIP 53984	6.7138	11h 02m 36s	-03° 30’ 45”
Star	HIP 53297	8.2318	10h 54m 01s	-04° 02’ 29”
Star	HIP 53765	7.3392	11h 00m 02s	-03° 28’ 17”
Star	HIP 53240	6.031	10h 53m 25s	-02° 15’ 18”
Star	HIP 53369	8.6562	10h 54m 49s	-02° 50’ 49”

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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