Comet 34D/Gale is at Opposition (0.828 AU) in the constellation Aquarius on the 19th September 2015
Ephemeris
Date UT R.A. (J2000) Decl. Delta r El. Ph. Mag 2015 09 18 000000 23 55 53.7 -24 06 39 0.819 1.790 157.7 12.3 2015 09 19 000000 23 54 45.8 -23 58 50 0.828 1.798 157.6 12.3 2015 09 20 000000 23 53 39.4 -23 50 48 0.838 1.807 157.5 12.3 2015 09 21 000000 23 52 34.6 -23 42 32 0.848 1.816 157.3 12.3 2015 09 22 000000 23 51 31.4 -23 34 04 0.858 1.825 157.0 12.4 2015 09 23 000000 23 50 29.9 -23 25 23 0.868 1.833 156.7 12.5 2015 09 24 000000 23 49 30.2 -23 16 31 0.879 1.842 156.4 12.6 2015 09 25 000000 23 48 32.2 -23 07 26 0.889 1.851 156.0 12.7 2015 09 26 000000 23 47 36.1 -22 58 11 0.900 1.860 155.5 12.9 2015 09 27 000000 23 46 41.9 -22 48 46 0.911 1.869 155.1 13.1 2015 09 28 000000 23 45 49.5 -22 39 11 0.922 1.877 154.5 13.3 2015 09 29 000000 23 44 59.0 -22 29 26 0.934 1.886 154.0 13.5 2015 09 30 000000 23 44 10.5 -22 19 32 0.946 1.895 153.4 13.7
Comet 34D/Gale is at Perihelion (1.207 AU) in the constellation Piscis Austrinus on the 8th June 2015
Comet 34D/Gale makes its closest approach to the Earth (0.428 AU) on the 30th May 2015
Date UT R.A. (J2000) Decl. Delta r El. Ph. Mag 2015 05 29 000000 21 45 57.4 -28 47 15 0.429 1.214 107.5 52.8 2015 05 30 000000 21 51 32.6 -28 48 40 0.429 1.212 107.3 53.0 2015 05 31 000000 21 57 04.0 -28 49 28 0.429 1.211 107.1 53.1 2015 06 01 000000 22 02 31.3 -28 49 41 0.429 1.210 106.8 53.3 2015 06 02 000000 22 07 54.1 -28 49 20 0.430 1.209 106.6 53.5 2015 06 03 000000 22 13 12.4 -28 48 27 0.430 1.208 106.4 53.6 2015 06 04 000000 22 18 25.7 -28 47 04 0.431 1.208 106.2 53.7 2015 06 05 000000 22 23 34.1 -28 45 12 0.431 1.207 106.1 53.9 2015 06 06 000000 22 28 37.2 -28 42 54 0.432 1.207 105.9 54.0 2015 06 07 000000 22 33 34.9 -28 40 11 0.433 1.207 105.7 54.0 2015 06 08 000000 22 38 27.0 -28 37 05 0.435 1.207 105.6 54.1 2015 06 09 000000 22 43 13.4 -28 33 38 0.436 1.207 105.5 54.1 2015 06 10 000000 22 47 54.0 -28 29 52 0.437 1.207 105.4 54.2 2015 06 11 000000 22 52 28.7 -28 25 50 0.438 1.208 105.3 54.2 2015 06 12 000000 22 56 57.4 -28 21 32 0.440 1.208 105.3 54.2 2015 06 13 000000 23 01 20.0 -28 17 01 0.442 1.209 105.2 54.1 2015 06 14 000000 23 05 36.5 -28 12 19 0.443 1.210 105.2 54.1 2015 06 15 000000 23 09 46.8 -28 07 26 0.445 1.211 105.2 54.0