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 104565	0	21h 10m 54s	+29° 25’ 25”
Star	HIP 104819	7.7744	21h 14m 09s	+30° 57’ 41”
Star	HIP 104421	7.9356	21h 09m 10s	+30° 22’ 35”
Star	HIP 105240	7.2972	21h 19m 01s	+29° 44’ 35”
Star	HIP 104822	6.0696	21h 14m 10s	+29° 54’ 03”
Star	HIP 104643	6.8388	21h 11m 48s	+29° 42’ 42”
Star	HIP 105147	8.1798	21h 18m 00s	+30° 19’ 26”
Star	HIP 105020	8.1348	21h 16m 19s	+31° 21’ 27”
Star	HIP 105146	8.1312	21h 18m 00s	+30° 49’ 19”
Star	HIP 105471	8.309	21h 21m 47s	+30° 47’ 05”
Star	HIP 104732	3.1012	21h 12m 56s	+30° 13’ 37”
Star	HIP 104688	7.8818	21h 12m 22s	+30° 53’ 48”
Star	HIP 104653	6.442	21h 11m 56s	+30° 37’ 08”
Star	HIP 104733	7.2586	21h 12m 57s	+30° 48’ 33”
Star	HIP 104924	8.8256	21h 15m 13s	+29° 29’ 34”
Star	HIP 105374	8.1242	21h 20m 36s	+30° 07’ 52”
Star	HIP 105162	8.085	21h 18m 10s	+30° 35’ 21”
Star	HIP 105558	5.9614	21h 22m 42s	+30° 18’ 35”
Star	HIP 105114	8.1756	21h 17m 34s	+31° 09’ 17”
Star	HIP 105305	7.909	21h 19m 43s	+30° 02’ 50”
Star	HIP 104848	8.7712	21h 14m 21s	+29° 35’ 02”

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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