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 20493	5.9964	04h 23m 32s	+20° 58’ 55”
Star	HIP 20136	8.1546	04h 19m 01s	+21° 17’ 57”
Star	HIP 20641	5.2514	04h 25m 24s	+22° 12’ 00”
Star	HIP 20417	5.746	04h 22m 22s	+20° 49’ 17”
Star	HIP 20186	5.3516	04h 19m 36s	+21° 46’ 24”
Star	HIP 20349	6.7554	04h 21m 31s	+21° 02’ 23”
Star	HIP 20480	8.7824	04h 23m 22s	+21° 22’ 45”
Star	HIP 20038	8.1284	04h 17m 51s	+22° 21’ 14”
Star	HIP 19870	7.746	04h 15m 42s	+20° 49’ 11”
Star	HIP 20175	7.8504	04h 19m 30s	+19° 56’ 52”
Star	HIP 20712	7.292	04h 26m 18s	+21° 28’ 13”
Star	HIP 20087	5.6142	04h 18m 23s	+21° 34’ 45”
Star	HIP 20680	8.34	04h 25m 47s	+21° 08’ 17”
Star	HIP 20557	7.0756	04h 24m 14s	+21° 44’ 10”
Star	HIP 20412	8.6586	04h 22m 19s	+22° 39’ 44”
Star	HIP 19990	4.896	04h 17m 15s	+20° 34’ 43”
Star	HIP 20635	4.2012	04h 25m 22s	+22° 17’ 38”
Star	HIP 20171	5.4944	04h 19m 26s	+21° 08’ 32”
Star	HIP 20181	8.6076	04h 19m 33s	+21° 03’ 54”

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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