Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan - TheSkyLive
WEBJan 1, 2013 · Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan Position Calculator. Compute the position of Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan for any date and time between 1 January 2013 and 30 December 2100 and visualize the results on an interactive sky map.
62P/Tsuchinshan - Wikipedia
WEB62P/Tsuchinshan, also known as Tsuchinshan 1, is a periodic comet first discovered January 1, 1965 at the Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanking. [6] It last came to perihelion on 25 December 2023 at around apparent magnitude 8, [2] and was then 0.53 AU (79 million km) from Earth and 110 degrees from the Sun. [4]
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WEBHigh precision real time tracking tool for Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan which can be used identify Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan and follow its movements across deep sky stellar fields.
Observable comets in 2024, from Guy Ottewell - EarthSky
WEBJan 18, 2024 · Comet 62P Tsuchinsha. 62P Tsuchinsha’s designation means that it was the 62nd comet to be recognized as periodic – that is – with elliptical orbit of under 200 years.
Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan (Pepe Chambó) - AstroBin
WEBFeb 14, 2024 · Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan on February 14, 2024, while it was located over the Virgo Cluster, a collection of over a thousand galaxies spanning about 8 degrees in the constellation Virgo.
Online Star Maps: Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan | TheSkyLive
WEBFind Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan in the sky using our online planetarium web application.
Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan - Sky & Telescope
WEBComet 62P/Tsuchinshan will be at Perihelion November 16 during it's 6.37 year orbit when it should reach magnitude 11. In these images 62P is about magnitude 13 and is 136 million miles from Earth. At this time 62P does not have much of a tail above the coma.
See Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan in the sky this month
WEBComet 62P/Tsuchinshan is located in the northern portion of the Bowl of Virgo and will be best seen 1–17 February, near or after midnight.
62P/Tsuchinshan (Comet) - In-The-Sky.org
WEBFrom Virginia Beach , 62P/Tsuchinshan is not observable – it will reach its highest point in the sky during daytime and is no higher than 14° above the horizon at dusk. Name 62P/Tsuchinshan. Object type Comet. Current position.
62P/Tsuchinshan 1
WEBHistorical Highlights. The first orbit was computed by Leland Cunningham. He found that the three available Chinese positions were somewhat discordant; however, by taking two of the positions and combining them with the Palomar observation a …
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