66P/du Toit live position and data

This page shows Comet 66P/du Toit 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 66P/du Toit (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 13065	0	02h 47m 55s	+28° 42’ 44”
Star	HIP 12255	8.6654	02h 37m 48s	+28° 20’ 06”
Star	HIP 12696	8.0512	02h 43m 04s	+27° 00’ 14”
Star	HIP 12489	5.2938	02h 40m 41s	+27° 03’ 39”
Star	HIP 12847	8.3212	02h 45m 09s	+28° 51’ 24”
Star	HIP 12526	8.6028	02h 41m 11s	+27° 48’ 28”
Star	HIP 12719	4.6552	02h 43m 27s	+27° 42’ 25”
Star	HIP 12571	8.2384	02h 41m 40s	+26° 56’ 29”
Star	HIP 13081	7.4772	02h 48m 08s	+27° 04’ 08”
Star	HIP 12491	7.5656	02h 40m 42s	+26° 37’ 20”
Star	HIP 12799	7.9176	02h 44m 29s	+28° 00’ 54”
Star	HIP 12721	8.7184	02h 43m 29s	+26° 55’ 36”
Galaxy	NGC 1056	13.4	02h 42m 48s	+28° 34’ 28”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 66P/du Toit

• 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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