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 21780	8.3866	04h 40m 44s	+36° 51’ 00”
Star	HIP 21415	8.6636	04h 35m 46s	+35° 40’ 14”
Star	HIP 21657	7.7114	04h 38m 58s	+36° 32’ 47”
Star	HIP 21468	6.5208	04h 36m 37s	+36° 57’ 10”
Star	HIP 21021	8.3048	04h 30m 27s	+36° 06’ 33”
Star	HIP 21167	6.76	04h 32m 17s	+37° 02’ 35”
Star	HIP 21608	8.3948	04h 38m 20s	+37° 21’ 44”
Star	HIP 20791	6.6514	04h 27m 18s	+36° 31’ 13”
Star	HIP 21485	7.631	04h 36m 50s	+37° 26’ 20”
Star	HIP 21387	7.6062	04h 35m 24s	+37° 29’ 56”
Star	HIP 21144	6.2432	04h 31m 56s	+36° 44’ 34”
Star	HIP 21117	8.3194	04h 31m 33s	+37° 39’ 08”

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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