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 9367	7.5684	02h 00m 21s	+44° 06’ 09”
Star	HIP 9040	7.6846	01h 56m 28s	+45° 58’ 11”
Star	HIP 9581	8.287	02h 03m 08s	+45° 46’ 38”
Star	HIP 8966	8.4924	01h 55m 28s	+46° 07’ 25”
Star	HIP 9128	8.5394	01h 57m 40s	+44° 33’ 47”
Star	HIP 9759	8.4296	02h 05m 29s	+44° 11’ 03”
Star	HIP 9068	8.5664	01h 56m 44s	+46° 31’ 26”
Star	HIP 9218	7.8564	01h 58m 32s	+45° 07’ 22”
Star	HIP 9234	7.438	01h 58m 44s	+45° 26’ 06”
Star	HIP 9486	8.137	02h 02m 02s	+45° 17’ 39”
Star	HIP 9154	8.0996	01h 57m 55s	+45° 35’ 58”
Star	HIP 8747	7.7244	01h 52m 33s	+44° 48’ 45”
Star	HIP 9736	8.904	02h 05m 16s	+44° 08’ 26”
Star	HIP 9359	6.7452	02h 00m 14s	+44° 25’ 12”
Galaxy	NGC 746	13.6	01h 57m 50s	+44° 55’ 01”
Galaxy	NGC 812	12.4	02h 06m 50s	+44° 34’ 27”

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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