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 84147	6.5172	17h 12m 13s	-25° 15’ 18”
Star	HIP 83823	8.5366	17h 07m 51s	-25° 27’ 30”
Star	HIP 83828	7.0794	17h 07m 56s	-24° 59’ 53”
Star	HIP 83450	8.0592	17h 03m 18s	-24° 59’ 44”
Star	HIP 84160	8.7698	17h 12m 20s	-25° 39’ 13”
Star	HIP 83566	6.5814	17h 04m 43s	-25° 38’ 42”
Star	HIP 83508	6.6562	17h 04m 00s	-25° 41’ 52”
Star	HIP 83981	8.5748	17h 10m 04s	-24° 00’ 49”
Star	HIP 83540	7.175	17h 04m 27s	-24° 14’ 25”
Star	HIP 83461	7.1266	17h 03m 30s	-24° 14’ 28”
Star	HIP 83911	8.04	17h 08m 57s	-23° 59’ 36”
Star	HIP 84076	8.2918	17h 11m 20s	-25° 01’ 53”
Star	HIP 84181	8.2684	17h 12m 31s	-25° 13’ 37”
Star	HIP 83615	8.1454	17h 05m 22s	-25° 28’ 38”

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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