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 98058	6.4404	19h 55m 40s	+40° 10’ 22”
Star	HIP 97965	7.3074	19h 54m 35s	+41° 27’ 52”
Star	HIP 98923	7.2088	20h 05m 10s	+40° 48’ 50”
Star	HIP 98001	7.3562	19h 54m 58s	+41° 52’ 15”
Star	HIP 98728	6.9616	20h 03m 09s	+41° 28’ 27”
Star	HIP 98268	8.8046	19h 58m 01s	+41° 39’ 13”
Star	HIP 97837	7.6802	19h 52m 52s	+41° 04’ 49”
Star	HIP 98850	8.3552	20h 04m 25s	+42° 11’ 54”
Star	HIP 98530	7.8054	20h 01m 00s	+42° 00’ 30”
Star	HIP 97706	8.233	19h 51m 24s	+40° 44’ 07”
Star	HIP 98620	7.3254	20h 01m 51s	+40° 51’ 31”
Star	HIP 98283	8.3268	19h 58m 10s	+42° 31’ 39”
Star	HIP 98552	8.4424	20h 01m 09s	+41° 05’ 31”
Star	HIP 98061	7.3708	19h 55m 44s	+40° 23’ 30”
Star	HIP 98717	7.603	20h 03m 02s	+40° 10’ 23”
Star	HIP 98607	7.381	20h 01m 44s	+41° 48’ 59”
Star	HIP 98582	7.8972	20h 01m 28s	+40° 17’ 56”
Star	HIP 98269	7.22	19h 58m 02s	+40° 55’ 36”
Star	HIP 97914	7.6194	19h 53m 52s	+41° 13’ 45”
Star	HIP 98975	7.578	20h 05m 38s	+41° 16’ 47”
Star	HIP 98802	7.9118	20h 03m 59s	+40° 39’ 23”
Star	HIP 98253	6.412	19h 57m 56s	+42° 15’ 38”
Star	HIP 98194	5.458	19h 57m 13s	+40° 22’ 04”
Star	HIP 97895	6.9924	19h 53m 38s	+41° 21’ 20”
Star	HIP 97750	7.7362	19h 51m 50s	+41° 20’ 55”
Star	HIP 98459	6.961	20h 00m 15s	+42° 13’ 04”

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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