129P/Shoemaker-Levy live position and data

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).

Current close conjunctions

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 47149	0	09h 36m 27s	+13° 18’ 56”
Star	HIP 47513	0	09h 41m 10s	+13° 12’ 35”
Star	HIP 47143	7.9926	09h 36m 21s	+11° 25’ 57”
Star	HIP 47468	6.9146	09h 40m 35s	+13° 03’ 14”
Star	HIP 46911	8.7536	09h 33m 41s	+12° 05’ 14”
Star	HIP 46713	6.7968	09h 31m 20s	+12° 51’ 32”
Star	HIP 47022	6.8054	09h 34m 59s	+12° 39’ 16”
Star	HIP 47515	8.7096	09h 41m 11s	+11° 33’ 27”
Star	HIP 47291	6.641	09h 38m 16s	+12° 44’ 10”
Star	HIP 47388	6.9882	09h 39m 17s	+13° 18’ 45”
Star	HIP 47551	7.7994	09h 41m 38s	+12° 53’ 55”
Star	HIP 47342	8.9128	09h 38m 49s	+12° 03’ 05”
Star	HIP 47127	8.6022	09h 36m 11s	+12° 41’ 19”
Galaxy	NGC 2958	13.9	09h 40m 41s	+11° 53’ 17”

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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