8P/Tuttle Real Time Tracker |
Right Ascension: 18.687351
Declination: -20.461101 (J2000) Magnitude: 22.90 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Sagittarius
Sun Distance: 1108546725 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 1126114246 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 6 Sep 2021 00:29 UTC [] |
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 in the background 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).
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 91132 | 6.4542 | 18h 35m 21s | -20° 50’ 25” |
Star | HIP 91238 | 7.4938 | 18h 36m 39s | -20° 18’ 50” |
Star | HIP 91903 | 6.7126 | 18h 44m 08s | -19° 19’ 04” |
Star | HIP 91954 | 7.2034 | 18h 44m 38s | -20° 58’ 16” |
Star | HIP 91344 | 7.7434 | 18h 37m 52s | -19° 36’ 06” |
Star | HIP 92013 | 7.3764 | 18h 45m 17s | -20° 38’ 50” |
Star | HIP 91781 | 6.2716 | 18h 42m 55s | -19° 17’ 02” |
Star | HIP 92079 | 6.287 | 18h 46m 01s | -19° 36’ 22” |
Star | HIP 91304 | 8.438 | 18h 37m 27s | -21° 29’ 45” |
Star | HIP 91736 | 7.1012 | 18h 42m 25s | -20° 18’ 42” |
Star | HIP 92016 | 6.2982 | 18h 45m 18s | -21° 00’ 05” |
Star | HIP 91698 | 8.7626 | 18h 41m 57s | -19° 06’ 18” |
Star | HIP 91438 | 5.795 | 18h 38m 53s | -21° 03’ 05” |
Star | HIP 91527 | 6.6396 | 18h 39m 53s | -20° 04’ 16” |
Star | HIP 91347 | 5.9222 | 18h 37m 54s | -21° 23’ 51” |
Star | HIP 91849 | 7.2406 | 18h 43m 32s | -20° 55’ 08” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: