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 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).

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 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”

Additional resources

• 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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