118P/Shoemaker-Levy Real Time Tracker |
Right Ascension: 14.518782
Declination: -7.074088 (J2000) Magnitude: 20.83 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Virgo
Sun Distance: 482215608 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 606130405 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 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” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: