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 76978	0	15h 43m 04s	-40° 09’ 26”
Star	HIP 77255	0	15h 46m 26s	-39° 36’ 38”
Star	HIP 77396	7.428	15h 48m 01s	-37° 40’ 31”
Star	HIP 77350	6.3264	15h 47m 25s	-40° 11’ 38”
Star	HIP 77560	8.921	15h 50m 06s	-39° 38’ 20”
Star	HIP 77388	8.064	15h 47m 51s	-38° 15’ 35”
Star	HIP 77462	8.2222	15h 48m 56s	-38° 36’ 45”
Star	HIP 76732	8.2062	15h 40m 10s	-38° 42’ 32”
Star	HIP 76591	6.5826	15h 38m 32s	-39° 09’ 38”
Star	HIP 76737	8.316	15h 40m 12s	-39° 23’ 26”
Star	HIP 76546	8.1578	15h 38m 00s	-38° 57’ 08”
Star	HIP 76608	6.0386	15h 38m 42s	-39° 07’ 39”
Star	HIP 77358	5.9442	15h 47m 29s	-37° 54’ 56”
Star	HIP 76939	5.143	15h 42m 38s	-37° 25’ 29”
Star	HIP 76987	8.6446	15h 43m 10s	-37° 55’ 05”
Star	HIP 77051	8.7028	15h 44m 01s	-39° 05’ 41”
Star	HIP 77395	8.856	15h 47m 56s	-38° 02’ 03”
Star	HIP 76824	6.6254	15h 41m 06s	-39° 58’ 57”
Star	HIP 77167	8.6202	15h 45m 25s	-37° 37’ 49”
Galaxy	ESO 329-12	14.0	15h 39m 29s	-38° 32’ 18”

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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