8P/Tuttle Real Time Tracker |
Right Ascension: 18.610456
Declination: -19.167192 (J2000) Magnitude: 22.78 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Sagittarius
Sun Distance: 1139249294 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 1038261853 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 6 Sep 2021 00:29 UTC [] |
This page shows Comet 8P/Tuttle 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 8P/Tuttle (less than 1.5 degrees):
Type | Name | Magnitude | Ar | Dec |
Star | HIP 91238 | 7.4938 | 18h 36m 39s | -20° 18’ 50” |
Star | HIP 90870 | 7.206 | 18h 32m 13s | -19° 07’ 26” |
Star | HIP 91344 | 7.7434 | 18h 37m 52s | -19° 36’ 06” |
Star | HIP 91135 | 6.7054 | 18h 35m 23s | -19° 16’ 06” |
Star | HIP 91051 | 7.0248 | 18h 34m 25s | -19° 47’ 04” |
Star | HIP 91781 | 6.2716 | 18h 42m 55s | -19° 17’ 02” |
Star | HIP 91143 | 7.0876 | 18h 35m 36s | -18° 33’ 02” |
Star | HIP 90950 | 6.808 | 18h 33m 10s | -18° 22’ 06” |
Star | HIP 91267 | 7.9742 | 18h 36m 58s | -19° 08’ 23” |
Star | HIP 90900 | 6.8538 | 18h 32m 29s | -18° 58’ 21” |
Star | HIP 90790 | 6.72 | 18h 31m 19s | -18° 54’ 30” |
Star | HIP 91698 | 8.7626 | 18h 41m 57s | -19° 06’ 18” |
Star | HIP 91527 | 6.6396 | 18h 39m 53s | -20° 04’ 16” |
Star | HIP 90836 | 6.4868 | 18h 31m 53s | -19° 07’ 30” |
Star | HIP 91276 | 6.8662 | 18h 37m 07s | -19° 12’ 33” |
Star | HIP 90978 | 7.9368 | 18h 33m 28s | -20° 22’ 05” |
Star | HIP 90801 | 7.9278 | 18h 31m 24s | -19° 09’ 30” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: