118P/Shoemaker-Levy 4 live position and data

This page shows Comet 118P/Shoemaker-Levy 4 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 below 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).

Current close conjunctions

List of bright objects (stars brighter than magnitude 9.0 and galaxies brighter than magmitude 14.0) close to Comet 118P/Shoemaker-Levy 4 (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 41663	0	08h 29m 41s	+16° 16’ 13”
Star	HIP 41015	8.9894	08h 22m 13s	+15° 27’ 39”
Star	HIP 41040	6.5516	08h 22m 31s	+16° 09’ 45”
Star	HIP 41913	7.245	08h 32m 43s	+15° 16’ 28”
Star	HIP 41492	8.7138	08h 27m 43s	+15° 53’ 17”
Star	HIP 41421	8.4244	08h 26m 54s	+14° 49’ 24”
Star	HIP 41028	8.4064	08h 22m 25s	+14° 59’ 32”
Star	HIP 41506	8.483	08h 27m 55s	+15° 05’ 56”
Star	HIP 41879	8.4794	08h 32m 19s	+16° 12’ 46”
Star	HIP 40995	7.1382	08h 21m 57s	+14° 46’ 05”
Star	HIP 41686	8.0666	08h 29m 51s	+15° 32’ 09”
Star	HIP 41900	7.894	08h 32m 38s	+15° 44’ 22”
Star	HIP 41112	8.094	08h 23m 19s	+15° 16’ 18”
Star	HIP 41578	5.9422	08h 28m 37s	+14° 12’ 39”
Star	HIP 41749	8.406	08h 30m 48s	+14° 25’ 51”
Star	HIP 41873	8.3054	08h 32m 16s	+15° 19’ 52”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 118P/Shoemaker-Levy 4

• 15 Days Ephemerides
• Interactive Sky Map (Planetarium)
• Rise & Set Times
• Distance from Earth
• Light Curve
• Orbital Elements

Astronomy databases

This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services:

1. The Digitized Sky Survey, a photographic survey of the whole sky created using images from different telescopes, including the Oschin Schmidt Telescope on Palomar Mountain
2. The Hipparcos Star Catalogue, containing more than 100.000 bright stars
3. The PGC 2003 Catalogue, containing information about 1 million galaxies
4. The GSC 2.3 Catalogue, containing information about more than 2 billion stars and galaxies

Please see the acknowledgements section.

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