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 102745	8.8564	20h 49m 07s	+24° 56’ 55”
Star	HIP 101868	5.057	20h 38m 31s	+24° 06’ 57”
Star	HIP 101870	5.8402	20h 38m 34s	+23° 40’ 49”
Star	HIP 102388	4.7998	20h 44m 52s	+25° 16’ 15”
Star	HIP 102374	8.1162	20h 44m 35s	+23° 37’ 29”
Star	HIP 102271	6.9952	20h 43m 19s	+25° 49’ 29”
Star	HIP 102278	6.9808	20h 43m 25s	+25° 36’ 08”
Star	HIP 102138	7.9602	20h 41m 49s	+22° 59’ 00”
Star	HIP 102654	8.5932	20h 48m 10s	+24° 38’ 23”
Star	HIP 102420	8.1026	20h 45m 15s	+25° 10’ 31”
Star	HIP 102454	7.663	20h 45m 40s	+23° 01’ 03”
Star	HIP 101912	8.1956	20h 39m 06s	+24° 25’ 00”
Star	HIP 101995	7.7766	20h 40m 11s	+23° 55’ 42”
Star	HIP 102120	6.9208	20h 41m 41s	+24° 10’ 56”
Star	HIP 102309	6.919	20h 43m 47s	+23° 47’ 28”
Star	HIP 101881	7.4262	20h 38m 43s	+24° 46’ 40”
Star	HIP 102537	7.3704	20h 46m 44s	+24° 27’ 45”
Star	HIP 102811	8.3152	20h 49m 41s	+24° 51’ 57”
Star	HIP 102461	7.7064	20h 45m 45s	+22° 55’ 15”
Star	HIP 102287	8.2026	20h 43m 33s	+23° 31’ 41”
Star	HIP 101822	8.3464	20h 38m 04s	+24° 37’ 37”
Star	HIP 102277	8.0044	20h 43m 25s	+23° 38’ 41”

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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