9P/Tempel 1 live position and data

This page shows Comet 9P/Tempel 1 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 9P/Tempel 1 (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 22877	8.437	04h 55m 16s	+25° 16’ 37”
Star	HIP 22334	8.2162	04h 48m 35s	+24° 44’ 35”
Star	HIP 22706	7.314	04h 52m 58s	+26° 46’ 39”
Star	HIP 22298	8.882	04h 48m 06s	+25° 48’ 25”
Star	HIP 22313	7.7802	04h 48m 20s	+26° 57’ 58”
Star	HIP 22747	7.1232	04h 53m 36s	+25° 21’ 58”
Star	HIP 22382	8.013	04h 49m 05s	+27° 00’ 41”
Star	HIP 22725	8.5638	04h 53m 18s	+24° 54’ 09”
Star	HIP 22172	7.686	04h 46m 12s	+26° 02’ 08”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 9P/Tempel 1

• 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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