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66P/du Toit live position and data.
Right Ascension: 23.887329
Declination: -3.734994 (J2000) Magnitude: 16.96 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Aquarius
Sun Distance: 378595455 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 275944263 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 21 May 2018 13:05 UTC [] |
Dec:
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 117644 | 8.5142 | 23h 51m 32s | -03° 30’ 30” |
| Star | HIP 117614 | 7.7376 | 23h 51m 09s | -02° 31’ 13” |
| Star | HIP 117761 | 5.8214 | 23h 52m 55s | -03° 09’ 19” |
| Star | HIP 117641 | 7.8068 | 23h 51m 28s | -03° 24’ 13” |
| Star | HIP 118186 | 8.3728 | 23h 58m 23s | -03° 21’ 16” |
| Star | HIP 117926 | 7.733 | 23h 55m 07s | -04° 40’ 04” |
| Star | HIP 118166 | 8.5678 | 23h 58m 09s | -03° 58’ 44” |
| Star | HIP 117940 | 7.8868 | 23h 55m 23s | -04° 54’ 05” |
| Star | HIP 117438 | 7.9704 | 23h 48m 45s | -04° 26’ 06” |
| Star | HIP 118209 | 4.7956 | 23h 58m 40s | -03° 33’ 20” |
| Star | HIP 117875 | 8.3648 | 23h 54m 34s | -02° 58’ 46” |
| Galaxy | PGC 72859 | 13.8 | 23h 55m 13s | -03° 44’ 48” |
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:
- 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
- The Hipparcos Star Catalogue, containing more than 100.000 bright stars
- The PGC 2003 Catalogue, containing information about 1 million galaxies
- The GSC 2.3 Catalogue, containing information about more than 2 billion stars and galaxies
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