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 35191	0	07h 16m 19s	+27° 08’ 34”
Star	HIP 34576	7.5034	07h 09m 39s	+26° 31’ 22”
Star	HIP 34722	5.7466	07h 11m 23s	+26° 51’ 24”
Star	HIP 34582	7.7152	07h 09m 44s	+25° 44’ 05”
Star	HIP 35377	7.9468	07h 18m 28s	+27° 15’ 11”
Star	HIP 34861	7.0554	07h 12m 49s	+25° 44’ 55”
Star	HIP 35494	6.8566	07h 19m 30s	+26° 49’ 22”
Star	HIP 34735	6.595	07h 11m 29s	+26° 24’ 21”
Star	HIP 34860	6.4928	07h 12m 49s	+27° 13’ 30”
Star	HIP 34487	8.8636	07h 08m 49s	+26° 37’ 46”
Star	HIP 34500	8.9958	07h 08m 54s	+26° 46’ 05”
Star	HIP 35273	7.1716	07h 17m 15s	+26° 21’ 49”
Star	HIP 34885	8.0544	07h 13m 06s	+27° 46’ 57”
Star	HIP 35152	5.5998	07h 15m 57s	+27° 53’ 50”
Star	HIP 34830	7.2728	07h 12m 31s	+26° 33’ 52”
Star	HIP 35070	8.3282	07h 15m 07s	+25° 52’ 49”
Star	HIP 35130	8.6338	07h 15m 46s	+27° 28’ 11”
Star	HIP 35253	6.3046	07h 17m 03s	+26° 41’ 23”
Star	HIP 35333	7.5312	07h 17m 54s	+26° 19’ 59”

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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