129P/Shoemaker-Levy Real Time Tracker |
Right Ascension: 12.662714
Declination: -3.067711 (J2000) Magnitude: 19.68 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Virgo
Sun Distance: 617234535 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 498621319 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 9 Feb 2023 04:53 UTC [] |
This page shows Comet 129P/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 129P/Shoemaker-Levy (less than 1.5 degrees):
Type | Name | Magnitude | Ar | Dec |
Star | HIP 61578 | 6.9182 | 12h 37m 06s | -02° 19’ 18” |
Star | HIP 62141 | 6.754 | 12h 44m 11s | -02° 50’ 33” |
Star | HIP 62234 | 7.2306 | 12h 45m 17s | -03° 53’ 17” |
Star | HIP 61685 | 6.4626 | 12h 38m 43s | -04° 22’ 24” |
Star | HIP 61441 | 7.7924 | 12h 35m 27s | -03° 32’ 45” |
Star | HIP 61921 | 8.5302 | 12h 41m 25s | -03° 59’ 38” |
Star | HIP 62039 | 7.7496 | 12h 42m 59s | -04° 02’ 56” |
Star | HIP 61464 | 8.4618 | 12h 35m 43s | -03° 00’ 58” |
Star | HIP 61791 | 7.8812 | 12h 39m 53s | -03° 03’ 58” |
Star | HIP 61953 | 8.7754 | 12h 41m 49s | -02° 45’ 01” |
Star | HIP 62036 | 8.9248 | 12h 42m 56s | -02° 15’ 04” |
Star | HIP 61608 | 8.7504 | 12h 37m 31s | -03° 34’ 24” |
Star | HIP 62233 | 8.1032 | 12h 45m 17s | -03° 53’ 01” |
Star | HIP 62185 | 8.8784 | 12h 44m 40s | -02° 42’ 27” |
Galaxy | PGC 42298 | 14.0 | 12h 38m 58s | -04° 34’ 28” |
Galaxy | NGC 4546 | 11.3 | 12h 35m 29s | -03° 47’ 36” |
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