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 21415	8.6636	04h 35m 46s	+35° 40’ 14”
Star	HIP 21285	8.7088	04h 34m 01s	+33° 46’ 40”
Star	HIP 21390	8.247	04h 35m 30s	+33° 16’ 21”
Star	HIP 21206	8.6114	04h 32m 56s	+33° 25’ 13”
Star	HIP 21291	8.4178	04h 34m 04s	+34° 48’ 01”
Star	HIP 20883	7.9646	04h 28m 31s	+34° 11’ 56”
Star	HIP 21822	7.771	04h 41m 20s	+34° 39’ 56”
Star	HIP 21491	8.4672	04h 36m 56s	+34° 57’ 06”
Star	HIP 21454	8.9916	04h 36m 24s	+34° 12’ 33”

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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