67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko live position and data

This page shows Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko 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 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 79806	8.9424	16h 17m 15s	-24° 13’ 23”
Star	HIP 79557	7.777	16h 14m 02s	-23° 46’ 26”
Star	HIP 79897	7.4966	16h 18m 28s	-23° 16’ 27”
Star	HIP 80126	7.0312	16h 21m 19s	-23° 42’ 28”
Star	HIP 79250	7.7668	16h 10m 25s	-23° 06’ 23”
Star	HIP 79534	8.3288	16h 13m 48s	-24° 15’ 19”
Star	HIP 79684	7.677	16h 15m 46s	-25° 07’ 16”
Star	HIP 79779	8.6336	16h 16m 53s	-23° 06’ 37”
Star	HIP 79366	8.197	16h 11m 52s	-22° 32’ 41”
Star	HIP 79621	7.3756	16h 14m 53s	-22° 22’ 48”
Star	HIP 79728	8.2854	16h 16m 18s	-23° 09’ 46”
Star	HIP 79530	6.4182	16h 13m 45s	-24° 25’ 19”
Star	HIP 80079	4.5288	16h 20m 38s	-24° 10’ 09”
Star	HIP 79476	8.8136	16h 13m 11s	-22° 29’ 06”
Star	HIP 79739	7.9222	16h 16m 25s	-24° 59’ 19”
Star	HIP 79734	8.3642	16h 16m 22s	-25° 03’ 46”
Star	HIP 79740	6.703	16h 16m 26s	-24° 16’ 54”
Star	HIP 79392	8.426	16h 12m 09s	-23° 55’ 17”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

• 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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