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 2283	7.1844	00h 29m 10s	-11° 35’ 53”
Star	HIP 2483	8.0522	00h 31m 31s	-11° 16’ 23”
Star	HIP 2444	8.3858	00h 31m 05s	-10° 05’ 01”
Star	HIP 2140	7.1956	00h 27m 06s	-09° 52’ 22”
Star	HIP 2431	6.8722	00h 30m 59s	-10° 05’ 04”
Star	HIP 2066	8.2066	00h 26m 08s	-11° 22’ 36”
Star	HIP 1964	8.029	00h 24m 50s	-11° 42’ 39”
Star	HIP 2246	6.8374	00h 28m 33s	-11° 14’ 13”
Star	HIP 2467	8.0834	00h 31m 20s	-11° 13’ 25”
Star	HIP 2215	7.2362	00h 28m 00s	-11° 39’ 31”
Galaxy	PGC 1841	13.5	00h 30m 08s	-11° 06’ 25”
Galaxy	PGC 1932	13.5	00h 31m 35s	-10° 30’ 21”
Galaxy	PGC 1979	13.5	00h 32m 42s	-11° 19’ 06”
Galaxy	PGC 1909	13.8	00h 31m 14s	-10° 28’ 26”

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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