118P/Shoemaker-Levy Real Time Tracker |
Right Ascension: 15.654359
Declination: -5.690117 (J2000) Magnitude: 20.89 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Libra
Sun Distance: 571017455 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 429540744 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 76542 | 7.6996 | 15h 37m 58s | -05° 25’ 18” |
Star | HIP 77030 | 8.952 | 15h 43m 40s | -05° 41’ 57” |
Star | HIP 76571 | 8.5084 | 15h 38m 16s | -06° 07’ 53” |
Star | HIP 76413 | 8.0628 | 15h 36m 25s | -05° 50’ 25” |
Star | HIP 76233 | 6.4766 | 15h 34m 20s | -05° 41’ 42” |
Star | HIP 76798 | 8.3488 | 15h 40m 50s | -05° 37’ 58” |
Star | HIP 76930 | 8.5412 | 15h 42m 31s | -05° 08’ 31” |
Star | HIP 76638 | 8.5146 | 15h 39m 02s | -06° 01’ 22” |
Star | HIP 76865 | 7.2194 | 15h 41m 45s | -06° 26’ 39” |
Star | HIP 76463 | 8.117 | 15h 36m 57s | -04° 57’ 03” |
Star | HIP 76451 | 8.2682 | 15h 36m 50s | -04° 38’ 16” |
Star | HIP 76616 | 8.3336 | 15h 38m 45s | -06° 19’ 02” |
Star | HIP 76400 | 7.8324 | 15h 36m 12s | -06° 23’ 16” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: