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 39157	6.9142	08h 00m 32s	+29° 12’ 54”
Star	HIP 39233	8.8324	08h 01m 27s	+29° 35’ 50”
Star	HIP 39031	8.5974	07h 59m 09s	+30° 43’ 12”
Star	HIP 39308	8.9644	08h 02m 13s	+28° 11’ 03”
Star	HIP 38921	8.034	07h 57m 53s	+29° 31’ 00”
Star	HIP 39276	8.3058	08h 01m 52s	+28° 38’ 01”
Star	HIP 39729	8.6388	08h 07m 15s	+28° 35’ 30”
Star	HIP 38778	6.6458	07h 56m 15s	+29° 51’ 07”
Star	HIP 39047	8.5176	07h 59m 19s	+30° 26’ 57”

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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