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 69082	7.712	14h 08m 24s	-12° 33’ 55”
Star	HIP 68878	8.4844	14h 06m 12s	-11° 49’ 57”
Star	HIP 69029	8.76	14h 07m 52s	-11° 09’ 07”
Star	HIP 69127	6.3512	14h 09m 00s	-10° 20’ 04”
Star	HIP 68847	8.289	14h 05m 52s	-12° 42’ 11”
Star	HIP 69338	8.8074	14h 11m 29s	-10° 36’ 19”
Star	HIP 69305	7.3326	14h 11m 07s	-11° 57’ 09”
Star	HIP 69500	6.8876	14h 13m 42s	-11° 50’ 18”
Star	HIP 69092	6.8384	14h 08m 28s	-11° 49’ 45”
Star	HIP 69325	7.9286	14h 11m 19s	-10° 28’ 44”
Star	HIP 69357	7.83	14h 11m 46s	-12° 36’ 40”
Star	HIP 69054	7.5276	14h 08m 04s	-12° 55’ 41”
Star	HIP 68735	7.9098	14h 04m 12s	-12° 07’ 47”
Star	HIP 69348	8.8448	14h 11m 35s	-11° 53’ 31”

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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