118P/Shoemaker-Levy Real Time Tracker |
Right Ascension: 15.493164
Declination: -4.926904 (J2000) Magnitude: 20.95 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Libra
Sun Distance: 577990962 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 430343312 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 10 Feb 2029 22:50 UTC [] |
This page shows Comet 118P/Shoemaker-Levy 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 118P/Shoemaker-Levy (less than 1.5 degrees):
Type | Name | Magnitude | Ar | Dec |
Star | HIP 75789 | 8.0168 | 15h 28m 58s | -06° 16’ 09” |
Star | HIP 75396 | 8.647 | 15h 24m 21s | -05° 05’ 55” |
Star | HIP 76233 | 6.4766 | 15h 34m 20s | -05° 41’ 42” |
Star | HIP 75629 | 7.659 | 15h 27m 08s | -05° 49’ 03” |
Star | HIP 75739 | 7.5858 | 15h 28m 23s | -06° 00’ 10” |
Star | HIP 75593 | 8.5292 | 15h 26m 38s | -05° 39’ 20” |
Star | HIP 76162 | 8.602 | 15h 33m 19s | -04° 51’ 40” |
Star | HIP 75803 | 8.9042 | 15h 29m 09s | -04° 36’ 08” |
Star | HIP 75989 | 8.7442 | 15h 31m 07s | -04° 21’ 45” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: