67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko is a short period comet completing its orbit around the Sun every 6.45 years. Right now it is heading back into the inner solar system towards a perihelion on the 2nd of November. It is still below the ecliptic and has just crossed the orbit of Mars. Currently, it is visible in the constellation of Taurus.
This animation is a 31 image set of 60 second exposures.
67P’s orbit viewed from above the solar system.
Graphic courtesy of the JPL Small-Body Database Browser.
67P is one of the most intensely studied comets of all time. Sitting on the surface of 67P is the now inert Rosetta spacecraft along with its Philae lander. Rosetta rendezvoused with the comet in 2014 and orbited the comet throughout its 2015 perihelion. At the end of its mission the spacecraft was soft dropped onto the comet. The Rosetta mission ended on 29 September 2016 when the spacecraft impacted the comet at an estimated speed of 2 mph.