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 97898	7.7482	19h 53m 42s	+14° 19’ 37”
Star	HIP 97525	7.815	19h 49m 16s	+15° 12’ 15”
Star	HIP 98085	5.6228	19h 56m 01s	+16° 38’ 05”
Star	HIP 97780	7.756	19h 52m 09s	+15° 19’ 23”
Star	HIP 98149	8.6762	19h 56m 47s	+16° 24’ 31”
Star	HIP 97817	8.6782	19h 52m 37s	+15° 55’ 59”
Star	HIP 98452	8.6116	20h 00m 12s	+14° 54’ 10”
Star	HIP 98291	6.8554	19h 58m 14s	+16° 29’ 37”
Star	HIP 97524	7.7744	19h 49m 15s	+15° 07’ 28”
Star	HIP 98275	8.5254	19h 58m 04s	+15° 06’ 03”
Star	HIP 98266	8.5056	19h 58m 00s	+14° 18’ 07”
Star	HIP 98019	7.9706	19h 55m 07s	+15° 26’ 49”
Star	HIP 97908	8.9604	19h 53m 47s	+13° 58’ 54”
Star	HIP 97469	7.6018	19h 48m 39s	+15° 03’ 32”
Star	HIP 98232	8.556	19h 57m 45s	+14° 33’ 46”
Star	HIP 97922	6.8774	19h 54m 01s	+15° 17’ 31”
Star	HIP 98083	6.9078	19h 55m 59s	+15° 02’ 49”
Star	HIP 97616	7.9342	19h 50m 24s	+14° 30’ 49”

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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