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 117917	6.6952	23h 55m 03s	-09° 27’ 38”
Star	HIP 118294	8.1838	23h 59m 35s	-07° 48’ 37”
Star	HIP 180	8.3516	00h 02m 17s	-09° 10’ 29”
Star	HIP 118132	8.3878	23h 57m 45s	-07° 22’ 30”
Star	HIP 117743	7.6062	23h 52m 44s	-08° 53’ 41”
Star	HIP 118253	8.4016	23h 59m 07s	-08° 29’ 15”
Star	HIP 117977	7.2026	23h 55m 44s	-09° 03’ 42”
Star	HIP 118020	8.0744	23h 56m 21s	-09° 29’ 56”
Star	HIP 117756	5.6316	23h 52m 50s	-08° 59’ 48”
Star	HIP 117843	7.0398	23h 54m 02s	-09° 17’ 23”
Star	HIP 118064	8.1822	23h 57m 01s	-07° 21’ 15”
Star	HIP 118115	7.8422	23h 57m 33s	-09° 38’ 49”

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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