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 24898	7.5072	05h 20m 11s	+36° 40’ 28”
Star	HIP 25225	8.2034	05h 23m 42s	+37° 11’ 21”
Star	HIP 24437	8.7936	05h 14m 33s	+38° 13’ 32”
Star	HIP 24724	7.7666	05h 18m 10s	+37° 39’ 00”
Star	HIP 24957	6.8	05h 20m 43s	+37° 26’ 19”
Star	HIP 24889	8.296	05h 20m 05s	+37° 24’ 37”
Star	HIP 24744	7.8274	05h 18m 21s	+36° 37’ 55”
Star	HIP 25605	8.2994	05h 28m 14s	+37° 13’ 46”
Star	HIP 24856	8.2096	05h 19m 42s	+36° 55’ 59”
Star	HIP 25320	8.5736	05h 24m 57s	+37° 30’ 11”
Star	HIP 25292	4.8468	05h 24m 39s	+37° 23’ 07”
Star	HIP 24885	8.2248	05h 20m 04s	+37° 54’ 33”
Star	HIP 25260	8.6354	05h 24m 08s	+38° 34’ 05”
Star	HIP 25238	6.7528	05h 23m 51s	+36° 23’ 54”
Star	HIP 25370	7.4256	05h 25m 38s	+38° 02’ 41”
Star	HIP 24938	8.1664	05h 20m 33s	+36° 37’ 56”
Star	HIP 25114	7.433	05h 22m 35s	+37° 40’ 33”
Star	HIP 24837	8.7408	05h 19m 30s	+38° 08’ 32”

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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