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 88401	0	18h 03m 03s	-28° 23’ 03”
Star	HIP 88789	0	18h 07m 28s	-28° 30’ 23”
Star	HIP 88864	7.295	18h 08m 34s	-27° 51’ 51”
Star	HIP 88738	7.7964	18h 06m 55s	-29° 04’ 28”
Star	HIP 88683	7.2258	18h 06m 13s	-27° 29’ 33”
Star	HIP 88720	7.1154	18h 06m 45s	-28° 21’ 49”
Star	HIP 88906	7.385	18h 08m 54s	-27° 47’ 01”
Star	HIP 89088	8.8244	18h 10m 56s	-28° 04’ 16”
Star	HIP 88384	6.5092	18h 02m 54s	-27° 49’ 35”
Star	HIP 88589	8.4222	18h 05m 16s	-28° 41’ 10”
Star	HIP 89238	7.3506	18h 12m 37s	-28° 14’ 10”
Star	HIP 88459	8.46	18h 03m 41s	-27° 05’ 53”
Star	HIP 88839	4.4774	18h 08m 04s	-28° 27’ 25”
Star	HIP 88120	8.6524	17h 59m 53s	-27° 37’ 44”

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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