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 97770	8.3866	19h 52m 04s	-24° 26’ 18”
Star	HIP 98200	8.4174	19h 57m 17s	-25° 03’ 22”
Star	HIP 98024	7.8154	19h 55m 10s	-23° 54’ 27”
Star	HIP 98261	8.5996	19h 57m 58s	-24° 26’ 01”
Star	HIP 97834	7.7928	19h 52m 50s	-23° 09’ 21”
Star	HIP 98300	8.0982	19h 58m 22s	-23° 19’ 48”
Star	HIP 98178	8.5356	19h 57m 06s	-25° 05’ 21”
Star	HIP 97944	6.1086	19h 54m 17s	-23° 56’ 24”
Star	HIP 97602	7.8336	19h 50m 16s	-22° 46’ 47”
Star	HIP 98135	7.5488	19h 56m 40s	-23° 03’ 57”
Star	HIP 97835	8.792	19h 52m 51s	-25° 12’ 18”
Star	HIP 98172	8.4434	19h 57m 02s	-24° 20’ 13”
Star	HIP 98134	8.519	19h 56m 39s	-22° 42’ 49”
Star	HIP 97692	7.4116	19h 51m 14s	-24° 53’ 54”
Star	HIP 98471	8.2898	20h 00m 20s	-23° 57’ 22”
Galaxy	ESO 526-16	14.0	19h 55m 12s	-23° 16’ 21”

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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