This page shows Comet 9P/Tempel 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 in the background 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).
List of bright objects (stars brighter than magnitude 9.0 and galaxies brighter than magmitude 14.0) close to Comet 9P/Tempel (less than 1.5 degrees):
Type | Name | Magnitude | Ar | Dec |
Star | HIP 17607 | 0 | 03h 46m 19s | +20° 52’ 47” |
Star | HIP 18244 | 0 | 03h 54m 07s | +21° 08’ 06” |
Star | HIP 18266 | 0 | 03h 54m 27s | +21° 23’ 23” |
Star | HIP 17552 | 7.7204 | 03h 45m 31s | +21° 14’ 48” |
Star | HIP 17921 | 6.0736 | 03h 49m 55s | +22° 14’ 39” |
Star | HIP 17453 | 6.0846 | 03h 44m 28s | +20° 55’ 43” |
Star | HIP 18059 | 6.6178 | 03h 51m 36s | +22° 01’ 53” |
Star | HIP 17837 | 8.1082 | 03h 49m 00s | +21° 20’ 31” |
Star | HIP 17920 | 8.5204 | 03h 49m 54s | +19° 33’ 59” |
Star | HIP 18165 | 8.9486 | 03h 53m 01s | +20° 12’ 28” |
Star | HIP 17481 | 8.7134 | 03h 44m 44s | +20° 44’ 53” |
Star | HIP 17909 | 8.3374 | 03h 49m 47s | +21° 09’ 36” |
Star | HIP 17763 | 7.9432 | 03h 48m 10s | +21° 19’ 44” |
Star | HIP 18405 | 7.7776 | 03h 56m 06s | +20° 46’ 18” |
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