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 11130	7.532	02h 23m 14s	+10° 50’ 12”
Star	HIP 11194	6.959	02h 24m 10s	+10° 16’ 21”
Star	HIP 11228	6.8196	02h 24m 30s	+09° 42’ 48”
Star	HIP 11242	7.7636	02h 24m 41s	+11° 20’ 19”
Star	HIP 11249	5.4816	02h 24m 49s	+10° 36’ 38”
Star	HIP 11319	7.6092	02h 25m 41s	+10° 30’ 21”
Star	HIP 11390	6.6932	02h 26m 45s	+10° 33’ 55”
Star	HIP 11427	6.4254	02h 27m 23s	+10° 11’ 55”
Star	HIP 11506	0	02h 28m 21s	+10° 34’ 03”
Star	HIP 11602	6.9324	02h 29m 35s	+09° 00’ 22”
Star	HIP 11603	5.9904	02h 29m 35s	+09° 33’ 56”
Star	HIP 11665	8.5084	02h 30m 28s	+11° 03’ 43”
Star	HIP 11864	0	02h 33m 05s	+10° 08’ 13”

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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