8P/Tuttle live position and data

This page shows Comet 8P/Tuttle 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 8P/Tuttle (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 101691	7.9766	20h 36m 42s	+50° 53’ 23”
Star	HIP 102459	7.1656	20h 45m 43s	+50° 40’ 25”
Star	HIP 102804	6.4578	20h 49m 37s	+50° 07’ 37”
Star	HIP 102171	8.551	20h 42m 10s	+49° 44’ 05”
Star	HIP 102615	8.0894	20h 47m 39s	+50° 46’ 02”
Star	HIP 102469	8.2546	20h 45m 49s	+50° 45’ 43”
Star	HIP 102517	8.9668	20h 46m 32s	+50° 05’ 12”
Star	HIP 101611	7.4818	20h 35m 33s	+50° 25’ 29”
Star	HIP 102956	6.8326	20h 51m 34s	+49° 39’ 15”
Star	HIP 102233	7.2852	20h 42m 55s	+49° 03’ 09”
Star	HIP 102223	7.903	20h 42m 47s	+51° 01’ 31”
Star	HIP 101633	8.2268	20h 35m 58s	+50° 43’ 13”
Star	HIP 102971	7.9032	20h 51m 44s	+49° 41’ 49”
Star	HIP 101980	8.9576	20h 39m 59s	+48° 48’ 28”
Star	HIP 103023	8.7312	20h 52m 20s	+50° 37’ 59”
Star	HIP 102177	5.4116	20h 42m 12s	+50° 20’ 24”
Star	HIP 102657	7.903	20h 48m 12s	+49° 59’ 44”
Star	HIP 102801	6.618	20h 49m 36s	+51° 18’ 51”
Star	HIP 102796	7.0548	20h 49m 33s	+50° 46’ 59”
Star	HIP 102255	7.7656	20h 43m 11s	+51° 08’ 39”
Star	HIP 102590	8.0982	20h 47m 25s	+49° 23’ 17”
Star	HIP 101702	7.004	20h 36m 50s	+49° 54’ 34”
Star	HIP 102369	8.9438	20h 44m 31s	+51° 01’ 52”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 8P/Tuttle

• 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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