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 in the background 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).
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 90717 | 7.9046 | 18h 30m 32s | -10° 51’ 50” |
Star | HIP 90804 | 5.744 | 18h 31m 25s | -10° 47’ 44” |
Star | HIP 90774 | 8.9574 | 18h 31m 11s | -11° 53’ 24” |
Star | HIP 90244 | 8.9648 | 18h 24m 48s | -11° 21’ 50” |
Star | HIP 90565 | 8.5484 | 18h 28m 47s | -10° 13’ 35” |
Star | HIP 90552 | 8.311 | 18h 28m 36s | -12° 59’ 50” |
Star | HIP 90004 | 7.886 | 18h 21m 49s | -11° 55’ 21” |
Star | HIP 90217 | 8.2186 | 18h 24m 29s | -10° 24’ 51” |
Star | HIP 90402 | 8.3828 | 18h 26m 42s | -11° 21’ 24” |
Star | HIP 90572 | 7.995 | 18h 28m 53s | -12° 57’ 36” |
Star | HIP 90096 | 5.71 | 18h 23m 12s | -12° 00’ 52” |
Star | HIP 90701 | 8.8914 | 18h 30m 19s | -12° 35’ 28” |
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