8P/Tuttle Real Time Position & Data |
Right Ascension: 17.929393
Declination: -28.558879 (J2000) Magnitude: 21.62 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Sagittarius
Sun Distance: 901447191 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 752511528 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 6 Sep 2021 00:29 UTC [] |
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 88001 | 0 | 17h 58m 32s | -29° 08’ 30” |
Star | HIP 88026 | 0 | 17h 58m 47s | -27° 32’ 41” |
Star | HIP 88401 | 0 | 18h 03m 03s | -28° 23’ 03” |
Star | HIP 87482 | 8.2288 | 17h 52m 26s | -29° 33’ 13” |
Star | HIP 87836 | 5.7722 | 17h 56m 41s | -28° 03’ 55” |
Star | HIP 87725 | 8.351 | 17h 55m 08s | -29° 48’ 41” |
Star | HIP 87433 | 8.5654 | 17h 52m 00s | -28° 01’ 20” |
Star | HIP 87589 | 6.8776 | 17h 53m 34s | -27° 16’ 57” |
Star | HIP 87760 | 8.2642 | 17h 55m 36s | -29° 58’ 39” |
Star | HIP 87690 | 8.8776 | 17h 54m 39s | -29° 13’ 40” |
Star | HIP 87455 | 8.2104 | 17h 52m 10s | -28° 27’ 04” |
Star | HIP 88012 | 7.0446 | 17h 58m 39s | -28° 45’ 32” |
Star | HIP 87719 | 8.9382 | 17h 55m 06s | -27° 32’ 31” |
Star | HIP 88120 | 8.6524 | 17h 59m 53s | -27° 37’ 44” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: