Printable finder charts for 10P/Tempel
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| Date span | Estimated date when brightest | Date of perigee | Date of perihelion | Dark on light | Light on dark |
| May 1983 – Nov 1983 | 19 Aug | 6 Jul | 14 Sep | PNGPDF-RGBPDF-CMYKSVG | PNGPDF-RGBPDF-CMYKSVG |
| Mar 1994 – Sep 1994 | 17 Jun | 26 Sep | 4 Jun | PNGPDF-RGBPDF-CMYKSVG | PNGPDF-RGBPDF-CMYKSVG |
| Jun 1999 – Dec 1999 | 26 Sep | 11 Jun | 13 Oct | PNGPDF-RGBPDF-CMYKSVG | PNGPDF-RGBPDF-CMYKSVG |
| Apr 2010 – Oct 2010 | 22 Jul | 26 Aug | 3 Jul | PNGPDF-RGBPDF-CMYKSVG | PNGPDF-RGBPDF-CMYKSVG |
| Dec 2020 – Jun 2021 | 26 Mar | 11 Apr | 23 Mar | PNGPDF-RGBPDF-CMYKSVG | PNGPDF-RGBPDF-CMYKSVG |
| May 2026 – Oct 2026 | 2 Aug | 3 Aug | 2 Aug | PNGPDF-RGBPDF-CMYKSVG | PNGPDF-RGBPDF-CMYKSVG |
Credits
The charts above were generated using StarCharter, a command-line tool for producing vector-graphics charts of the night sky, written by the author and freely available for download.
The paths of the planets are taken from the DE430 planetary ephemeris computed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Planetary positions were extracted from the DE430 files using EphemerisCompute, which was also written by the author, and is also freely available for download.
The positions of asteroids are calculated from orbital elements published by Ted Bowell of the Lowell Observatory. Comet positions are computed from orbital elements published by the Minor Planet Center (MPC).
Star positions and magnitudes were taken from the Hipparcos, Tycho, Tycho-2 and Gaia EDR3 catalogs.