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 28642	6.2426	06h 02m 53s	+43° 22’ 42”
Star	HIP 28405	8.7648	05h 59m 58s	+41° 38’ 29”
Star	HIP 29025	6.0344	06h 07m 26s	+41° 51’ 15”
Star	HIP 28511	7.4592	06h 01m 06s	+41° 56’ 19”
Star	HIP 28628	8.3502	06h 02m 39s	+42° 52’ 55”
Star	HIP 28204	8.816	05h 57m 34s	+42° 38’ 38”
Star	HIP 29062	7.0682	06h 07m 50s	+42° 39’ 56”
Star	HIP 28602	8.1852	06h 02m 12s	+42° 10’ 35”
Star	HIP 28660	8.501	06h 03m 06s	+41° 58’ 00”
Star	HIP 28823	5.8634	06h 05m 03s	+42° 58’ 55”
Star	HIP 28347	7.9084	05h 59m 23s	+41° 55’ 02”
Star	HIP 28737	8.5508	06h 04m 08s	+41° 11’ 17”
Star	HIP 28246	8.5636	05h 58m 08s	+42° 50’ 56”
Star	HIP 28677	5.993	06h 03m 17s	+42° 54’ 42”
Star	HIP 28283	8.5908	05h 58m 33s	+43° 30’ 15”
Star	HIP 29180	8.9328	06h 09m 21s	+42° 25’ 10”
Star	HIP 28639	8.1182	06h 02m 50s	+43° 30’ 34”

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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