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 107421	0	21h 45m 27s	+34° 14’ 25”
Star	HIP 107129	5.7112	21h 42m 01s	+35° 30’ 36”
Star	HIP 107329	8.5764	21h 44m 20s	+35° 15’ 18”
Star	HIP 107445	6.3512	21h 45m 44s	+35° 51’ 26”
Star	HIP 107161	8.2998	21h 42m 22s	+34° 04’ 08”
Star	HIP 106612	8.6974	21h 35m 34s	+34° 46’ 20”
Star	HIP 107066	6.7632	21h 41m 03s	+34° 40’ 30”
Star	HIP 106745	7.7274	21h 37m 23s	+34° 36’ 10”
Star	HIP 106908	8.3146	21h 39m 06s	+36° 02’ 38”
Star	HIP 107340	8.7594	21h 44m 25s	+35° 36’ 34”
Star	HIP 107308	8.4218	21h 44m 02s	+33° 20’ 06”
Star	HIP 107760	7.8802	21h 49m 48s	+34° 55’ 00”
Star	HIP 107013	8.5196	21h 40m 24s	+34° 12’ 36”
Star	HIP 106742	6.9786	21h 37m 21s	+35° 19’ 39”
Star	HIP 107510	7.9578	21h 46m 28s	+34° 16’ 22”

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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