9P/Tempel live position and data

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).

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 (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 10153	0	02h 10m 35s	+05° 49’ 57”
Star	HIP 10500	0	02h 15m 21s	+07° 29’ 42”
Star	HIP 10781	7.939	02h 18m 46s	+07° 42’ 20”
Star	HIP 10047	6.9462	02h 09m 22s	+05° 59’ 10”
Star	HIP 10747	8.2706	02h 18m 16s	+06° 42’ 13”
Star	HIP 10014	8.8272	02h 08m 56s	+07° 00’ 27”
Star	HIP 10552	8.9568	02h 15m 53s	+06° 37’ 35”
Star	HIP 10261	8.9546	02h 12m 01s	+06° 38’ 49”
Star	HIP 10442	6.9808	02h 14m 32s	+06° 39’ 03”
Star	HIP 10009	8.7442	02h 08m 55s	+07° 17’ 04”
Galaxy	NGC 864	11.7	02h 15m 27s	+06° 00’ 05”

Additional resources

• 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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