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 27468	4.7858	05h 49m 00s	+24° 34’ 03”
Star	HIP 27652	8.5022	05h 51m 17s	+23° 55’ 34”
Star	HIP 28220	8.7666	05h 57m 46s	+25° 10’ 19”
Star	HIP 27851	8.0708	05h 53m 33s	+24° 17’ 13”
Star	HIP 28084	7.7326	05h 56m 12s	+25° 19’ 47”
Star	HIP 28154	6.0152	05h 56m 56s	+24° 14’ 58”
Star	HIP 27353	6.3562	05h 47m 34s	+25° 34’ 07”
Star	HIP 27858	8.472	05h 53m 38s	+25° 35’ 35”
Star	HIP 27850	8.4684	05h 53m 31s	+25° 44’ 32”
Star	HIP 27847	7.4086	05h 53m 30s	+25° 04’ 24”
Star	HIP 27478	7.0786	05h 49m 06s	+25° 39’ 02”
Star	HIP 27612	7.5996	05h 50m 47s	+26° 03’ 15”
Star	HIP 28238	7.8874	05h 58m 00s	+24° 37’ 01”
Star	HIP 27378	6.597	05h 47m 56s	+24° 41’ 12”
Star	HIP 27382	7.4132	05h 47m 57s	+24° 39’ 41”

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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