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 100927	7.465	20h 27m 47s	+26° 08’ 48”
Star	HIP 101850	8.4362	20h 38m 21s	+25° 35’ 26”
Star	HIP 101716	5.589	20h 37m 04s	+26° 27’ 43”
Star	HIP 101959	8.2266	20h 39m 39s	+26° 18’ 30”
Star	HIP 101893	8.7896	20h 38m 55s	+26° 42’ 01”
Star	HIP 101216	8.6964	20h 31m 01s	+26° 28’ 59”
Star	HIP 101447	7.833	20h 33m 37s	+25° 52’ 38”
Star	HIP 101821	7.7484	20h 38m 04s	+27° 04’ 43”
Star	HIP 101353	8.0328	20h 32m 26s	+27° 30’ 51”
Star	HIP 101428	8.9792	20h 33m 18s	+27° 27’ 26”
Star	HIP 101930	6.8546	20h 39m 20s	+26° 04’ 04”
Star	HIP 101627	7.6472	20h 35m 53s	+25° 28’ 43”
Star	HIP 101485	7.762	20h 33m 58s	+25° 36’ 59”
Star	HIP 101300	6.3478	20h 31m 58s	+25° 48’ 18”
Star	HIP 101604	8.0718	20h 35m 29s	+27° 38’ 55”
Star	HIP 101310	7.902	20h 32m 05s	+25° 21’ 07”
Star	HIP 101641	6.4012	20h 36m 08s	+25° 52’ 57”
Star	HIP 101944	7.1152	20h 39m 31s	+26° 41’ 51”
Star	HIP 101210	7.2584	20h 30m 56s	+26° 41’ 08”
Star	HIP 101883	7.6976	20h 38m 44s	+25° 33’ 02”
Star	HIP 101381	6.7596	20h 32m 51s	+27° 12’ 43”
Star	HIP 101460	7.6842	20h 33m 45s	+27° 52’ 20”

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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