66P/du Toit Real Time Tracker |
Right Ascension: 5.709161
Declination: 39.937689 (J2000) Magnitude: 28.08 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Auriga
Sun Distance: 1574607809 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 1661862440 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 1 Mar 2033 05:14 UTC [] |
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).
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 26960 | 0 | 05h 43m 16s | +41° 07’ 06” |
Star | HIP 27228 | 7.804 | 05h 46m 13s | +39° 04’ 30” |
Star | HIP 26757 | 8.4948 | 05h 41m 03s | +41° 21’ 40” |
Star | HIP 26409 | 8.7488 | 05h 37m 15s | +39° 00’ 11” |
Star | HIP 27454 | 8.5688 | 05h 48m 47s | +39° 54’ 43” |
Star | HIP 27067 | 8.2166 | 05h 44m 24s | +40° 24’ 17” |
Star | HIP 26764 | 7.7614 | 05h 41m 06s | +40° 52’ 57” |
Star | HIP 26746 | 8.6522 | 05h 40m 59s | +39° 03’ 11” |
Star | HIP 26789 | 8.3724 | 05h 41m 24s | +38° 54’ 28” |
Star | HIP 27192 | 6.5514 | 05h 45m 49s | +40° 30’ 26” |
Star | HIP 26537 | 8.626 | 05h 38m 38s | +39° 56’ 25” |
Star | HIP 27483 | 4.4202 | 05h 49m 10s | +39° 10’ 52” |
Star | HIP 27458 | 6.7262 | 05h 48m 51s | +39° 32’ 01” |
Star | HIP 26763 | 7.8298 | 05h 41m 05s | +39° 38’ 07” |
Star | HIP 26961 | 7.4246 | 05h 43m 17s | +41° 07’ 22” |
Star | HIP 27327 | 8.8332 | 05h 47m 19s | +38° 59’ 31” |
Star | HIP 26363 | 5.993 | 05h 36m 52s | +40° 10’ 56” |
Star | HIP 27553 | 8.9438 | 05h 50m 03s | +39° 34’ 34” |
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