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 81908	8.1838	16h 43m 50s	-23° 07’ 52”
Star	HIP 82007	6.959	16h 45m 08s	-23° 11’ 02”
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 81893	7.5666	16h 43m 39s	-22° 44’ 11”
Star	HIP 81941	7.5648	16h 44m 17s	-22° 31’ 24”
Star	HIP 81624	8.8256	16h 40m 17s	-23° 53’ 45”
Star	HIP 82116	8.3384	16h 46m 29s	-22° 37’ 41”
Star	HIP 81485	8.6	16h 38m 33s	-24° 07’ 55”
Star	HIP 81688	8.4398	16h 41m 13s	-23° 19’ 26”
Star	HIP 82217	7.908	16h 47m 46s	-23° 58’ 27”

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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