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 42035	7.9932	08h 34m 06s	+25° 14’ 00”
Star	HIP 41469	8.8188	08h 27m 31s	+26° 50’ 46”
Star	HIP 41679	6.8036	08h 29m 49s	+26° 11’ 34”
Star	HIP 41791	7.5376	08h 31m 15s	+25° 44’ 25”
Star	HIP 41999	8.4492	08h 33m 38s	+27° 20’ 41”
Star	HIP 42052	8.3162	08h 34m 18s	+25° 30’ 37”
Star	HIP 41194	8.4064	08h 24m 21s	+26° 27’ 56”
Star	HIP 41404	6.1486	08h 26m 47s	+26° 56’ 07”
Star	HIP 41760	8.3082	08h 30m 56s	+26° 01’ 22”
Star	HIP 41812	8.2884	08h 31m 29s	+24° 58’ 52”
Star	HIP 42243	7.4736	08h 36m 42s	+25° 56’ 14”
Galaxy	NGC 2592	13.4	08h 27m 07s	+25° 58’ 14”

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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