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 7830	8.811	01h 40m 44s	+15° 37’ 10”
Star	HIP 7765	8.8698	01h 39m 55s	+15° 15’ 34”
Star	HIP 8071	8.845	01h 43m 42s	+14° 42’ 07”
Star	HIP 7710	6.6342	01h 39m 15s	+14° 17’ 08”
Star	HIP 8126	8.5078	01h 44m 25s	+14° 03’ 23”
Star	HIP 7644	8.0342	01h 38m 27s	+13° 55’ 41”
Star	HIP 7762	8.5682	01h 39m 54s	+15° 15’ 24”
Star	HIP 7975	7.4524	01h 42m 26s	+15° 46’ 42”
Star	HIP 7859	7.4806	01h 41m 04s	+13° 46’ 25”
Star	HIP 8262	8.996	01h 46m 25s	+15° 42’ 47”
Galaxy	UGC 1195	13.6	01h 42m 27s	+13° 58’ 36”
Galaxy	NGC 660	11.7	01h 43m 01s	+13° 38’ 36”
Galaxy	UGC 1211	13.9	01h 43m 52s	+13° 48’ 03”

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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