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 58880	0	12h 04m 36s	-38° 16’ 22”
Star	HIP 59019	8.838	12h 06m 02s	-37° 05’ 12”
Star	HIP 59214	8.8514	12h 08m 38s	-37° 44’ 22”
Star	HIP 59035	6.753	12h 06m 13s	-38° 40’ 32”
Star	HIP 59249	8.762	12h 09m 13s	-36° 41’ 37”
Star	HIP 59552	7.274	12h 12m 48s	-37° 31’ 37”
Star	HIP 59269	8.6292	12h 09m 24s	-38° 43’ 47”
Star	HIP 59353	6.0522	12h 10m 33s	-37° 52’ 12”
Star	HIP 59662	7.8616	12h 14m 06s	-36° 33’ 23”
Star	HIP 59650	8.5336	12h 14m 00s	-36° 54’ 50”
Star	HIP 58580	8.259	12h 00m 48s	-37° 28’ 45”
Star	HIP 58969	7.8516	12h 05m 28s	-37° 33’ 08”
Star	HIP 59659	7.1858	12h 14m 06s	-36° 43’ 44”
Star	HIP 59354	7.9098	12h 10m 36s	-36° 50’ 05”
Star	HIP 59332	8.514	12h 10m 16s	-37° 11’ 39”
Star	HIP 58771	8.987	12h 03m 15s	-36° 32’ 02”
Star	HIP 59055	6.5258	12h 06m 37s	-37° 51’ 36”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 8P/Tuttle

• 15 Days Ephemerides
• Interactive Sky Map (Planetarium)
• Rise & Set Times
• Distance from Earth
• Light Curve

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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