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 24785	0	05h 18m 47s	+15° 06’ 19”
Star	HIP 24716	7.7034	05h 18m 04s	+13° 25’ 03”
Star	HIP 24527	8.9086	05h 15m 43s	+12° 52’ 46”
Star	HIP 24660	8.4596	05h 17m 30s	+14° 30’ 51”
Star	HIP 24883	7.452	05h 20m 03s	+13° 32’ 42”
Star	HIP 25151	7.5634	05h 22m 56s	+14° 21’ 40”
Star	HIP 24942	8.1366	05h 20m 35s	+15° 03’ 33”
Star	HIP 24693	8.3562	05h 17m 46s	+13° 38’ 23”
Star	HIP 24302	8.5214	05h 12m 53s	+13° 55’ 17”
Star	HIP 24286	8.7324	05h 12m 43s	+13° 22’ 22”
Star	HIP 24446	8.9416	05h 14m 39s	+15° 12’ 29”
Star	HIP 24633	6.9586	05h 17m 05s	+12° 33’ 55”
Star	HIP 24789	7.4446	05h 18m 52s	+13° 34’ 01”
Star	HIP 24812	8.6124	05h 19m 07s	+14° 29’ 34”
Star	HIP 24475	7.4476	05h 15m 09s	+15° 03’ 45”
Galaxy	PGC 17069	11.4	05h 18m 07s	+13° 25’ 08”

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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