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 in the background 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 25987	8.2804	05h 32m 44s	+39° 34’ 17”
Star	HIP 26585	7.5028	05h 39m 04s	+37° 58’ 35”
Star	HIP 25942	8.0508	05h 32m 10s	+38° 04’ 48”
Star	HIP 26409	8.7488	05h 37m 15s	+39° 00’ 11”
Star	HIP 26360	8.9414	05h 36m 49s	+37° 48’ 53”
Star	HIP 26051	8.5928	05h 33m 26s	+38° 47’ 02”
Star	HIP 26261	8.12	05h 35m 33s	+38° 01’ 11”
Star	HIP 26746	8.6522	05h 40m 59s	+39° 03’ 11”
Star	HIP 26364	7.5014	05h 36m 53s	+38° 20’ 32”
Star	HIP 25817	8.5788	05h 30m 48s	+37° 48’ 42”
Star	HIP 26320	7.9316	05h 36m 20s	+39° 01’ 56”
Star	HIP 25877	6.7076	05h 31m 26s	+38° 19’ 10”
Star	HIP 26293	8.8658	05h 35m 56s	+39° 01’ 26”
Star	HIP 26080	8.6776	05h 33m 44s	+38° 52’ 34”
Star	HIP 26249	7.6042	05h 35m 27s	+37° 54’ 07”
Star	HIP 25464	8.3546	05h 26m 44s	+38° 57’ 26”
Star	HIP 26037	8.0276	05h 33m 16s	+39° 30’ 21”
Star	HIP 26632	6.9482	05h 39m 36s	+37° 59’ 19”
Star	HIP 25802	7.493	05h 30m 38s	+39° 49’ 41”
Star	HIP 25810	6.273	05h 30m 45s	+39° 49’ 33”

Additional resources

• 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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