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 20252	4.832	04h 20m 24s	+34° 34’ 00”
Star	HIP 20570	7.2764	04h 24m 24s	+34° 18’ 53”
Star	HIP 20591	5.709	04h 24m 37s	+33° 57’ 35”
Star	HIP 21021	8.3048	04h 30m 27s	+36° 06’ 33”
Star	HIP 20468	8.3266	04h 23m 11s	+36° 02’ 07”
Star	HIP 20532	8.2816	04h 23m 59s	+33° 50’ 43”
Star	HIP 20497	7.04	04h 23m 35s	+35° 54’ 11”
Star	HIP 20573	8.5426	04h 24m 26s	+34° 19’ 02”
Star	HIP 20883	7.9646	04h 28m 31s	+34° 11’ 56”
Star	HIP 20340	7.2916	04h 21m 26s	+34° 34’ 15”
Star	HIP 20926	7.33	04h 29m 12s	+35° 15’ 56”
Star	HIP 20534	7.839	04h 23m 59s	+35° 12’ 57”
Star	HIP 20851	8.0628	04h 28m 04s	+35° 01’ 13”
Star	HIP 20767	8.5916	04h 26m 59s	+33° 57’ 06”
Star	HIP 20709	8.252	04h 26m 14s	+34° 42’ 57”
Star	HIP 21069	8.5348	04h 30m 58s	+35° 35’ 58”
Star	HIP 20579	5.7326	04h 24m 29s	+34° 07’ 51”

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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