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 96830	7.6906	19h 40m 51s	+27° 07’ 58”
Star	HIP 96083	7.4938	19h 32m 05s	+28° 16’ 00”
Star	HIP 96704	8.9444	19h 39m 33s	+26° 45’ 04”
Star	HIP 96313	6.7142	19h 34m 58s	+27° 13’ 30”
Star	HIP 96165	7.981	19h 33m 11s	+27° 23’ 01”
Star	HIP 96523	7.3628	19h 37m 21s	+26° 21’ 32”
Star	HIP 96173	8.5712	19h 33m 18s	+27° 44’ 22”
Star	HIP 96772	7.3226	19h 40m 13s	+26° 59’ 43”
Star	HIP 96814	7.9148	19h 40m 45s	+27° 43’ 47”
Star	HIP 96034	7.2984	19h 31m 36s	+26° 59’ 11”
Star	HIP 96509	8.7998	19h 37m 12s	+28° 47’ 43”
Star	HIP 95951	5.0926	19h 30m 45s	+27° 57’ 55”
Star	HIP 96114	8.4676	19h 32m 30s	+27° 25’ 21”
Star	HIP 95796	8.1352	19h 29m 06s	+27° 55’ 46”
Star	HIP 96366	7.6012	19h 35m 33s	+27° 06’ 30”
Star	HIP 96029	7.576	19h 31m 29s	+28° 43’ 02”
Star	HIP 96414	8.2188	19h 36m 06s	+27° 14’ 02”
Star	HIP 95947	2.9696	19h 30m 43s	+27° 57’ 34”
Star	HIP 96467	7.6508	19h 36m 42s	+27° 53’ 03”
Star	HIP 96863	7.875	19h 41m 21s	+27° 42’ 19”
Star	HIP 95998	8.7824	19h 31m 10s	+27° 20’ 14”
Star	HIP 96436	8.1386	19h 36m 23s	+26° 40’ 09”
Star	HIP 96287	8.7508	19h 34m 40s	+28° 54’ 26”
Star	HIP 96504	7.9886	19h 37m 09s	+28° 11’ 18”
Star	HIP 96242	7.9908	19h 34m 11s	+28° 24’ 56”
Star	HIP 96016	5.7992	19h 31m 21s	+26° 37’ 01”
Star	HIP 96507	6.6212	19h 37m 11s	+28° 30’ 00”

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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