118P/Shoemaker-Levy live position and data

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).

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 (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 70973	7.6198	14h 31m 00s	-05° 48’ 08”
Star	HIP 70879	7.7976	14h 29m 42s	-05° 58’ 58”
Star	HIP 70794	5.2714	14h 28m 41s	-06° 54’ 01”
Star	HIP 71199	7.8384	14h 33m 41s	-06° 52’ 13”
Star	HIP 70680	6.1584	14h 27m 24s	-06° 07’ 12”
Star	HIP 70913	8.1424	14h 30m 08s	-07° 04’ 17”
Star	HIP 71130	8.6316	14h 32m 49s	-07° 12’ 42”
Star	HIP 70588	8.542	14h 26m 21s	-07° 19’ 39”
Star	HIP 71169	7.637	14h 33m 21s	-06° 56’ 09”

Additional resources

• 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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