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 18060	0	03h 51m 36s	+36° 15’ 34”
Star	HIP 17880	8.5128	03h 49m 29s	+34° 55’ 03”
Star	HIP 18073	8.813	03h 51m 47s	+35° 42’ 33”
Star	HIP 18081	5.7872	03h 51m 53s	+34° 21’ 32”
Star	HIP 17943	6.7488	03h 50m 13s	+34° 49’ 13”
Star	HIP 17467	8.6148	03h 44m 35s	+35° 51’ 20”
Star	HIP 18182	8.671	03h 53m 22s	+35° 33’ 10”
Star	HIP 17769	8.2446	03h 48m 15s	+34° 36’ 03”
Star	HIP 17998	7.8536	03h 50m 51s	+35° 05’ 59”
Star	HIP 17460	5.5956	03h 44m 31s	+36° 27’ 36”
Star	HIP 18196	8.8256	03h 53m 32s	+35° 03’ 36”
Star	HIP 17815	7.0796	03h 48m 43s	+34° 18’ 37”
Galaxy	UGC 2885	14.0	03h 53m 02s	+35° 35’ 26”
Galaxy	UGC 2886	13.9	03h 53m 07s	+34° 57’ 52”

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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