125P/Spacewatch live position and data

This page shows Comet 125P/Spacewatch 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 125P/Spacewatch (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 37622	0	07h 43m 11s	+18° 10’ 46”
Star	HIP 37486	8.543	07h 41m 42s	+18° 03’ 11”
Star	HIP 38092	6.5856	07h 48m 22s	+18° 20’ 12”
Star	HIP 38135	6.7834	07h 48m 53s	+18° 11’ 25”
Star	HIP 37947	8.0636	07h 46m 39s	+16° 38’ 54”
Star	HIP 38332	8.7594	07h 51m 06s	+18° 40’ 12”
Star	HIP 37908	4.7286	07h 46m 07s	+18° 30’ 36”
Star	HIP 37472	8.673	07h 41m 29s	+18° 15’ 21”
Star	HIP 37769	8.4464	07h 44m 40s	+17° 00’ 16”
Star	HIP 38270	8.2274	07h 50m 27s	+17° 28’ 31”
Star	HIP 38027	8.7094	07h 47m 35s	+19° 02’ 41”
Star	HIP 37922	8.4	07h 46m 16s	+17° 00’ 51”
Star	HIP 38009	8.7118	07h 47m 23s	+17° 13’ 22”
Star	HIP 37984	8.3002	07h 47m 07s	+18° 47’ 19”
Star	HIP 37453	8.8686	07h 41m 17s	+17° 21’ 55”
Star	HIP 37745	8.3746	07h 44m 29s	+18° 36’ 05”
Star	HIP 38281	7.9142	07h 50m 35s	+16° 52’ 46”
Star	HIP 37759	8.8804	07h 44m 37s	+17° 28’ 38”
Star	HIP 37911	7.415	07h 46m 09s	+16° 26’ 18”
Star	HIP 37591	8.9044	07h 42m 48s	+17° 25’ 28”

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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