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 82427	8.149	16h 50m 43s	-25° 25’ 39”
Star	HIP 81950	8.4842	16h 44m 21s	-26° 19’ 29”
Star	HIP 81713	8.2364	16h 41m 26s	-24° 24’ 08”
Star	HIP 82245	6.931	16h 48m 13s	-24° 31’ 35”
Star	HIP 81773	8.3682	16h 42m 09s	-24° 49’ 08”
Star	HIP 81728	6.045	16h 41m 36s	-24° 28’ 04”
Star	HIP 82140	6.6052	16h 46m 51s	-25° 31’ 42”
Star	HIP 82217	7.908	16h 47m 46s	-23° 58’ 27”
Star	HIP 82474	7.6464	16h 51m 21s	-24° 50’ 02”

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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