135P/Shoemaker-Levy 8 live position and data

This page shows Comet 135P/Shoemaker-Levy 8 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 135P/Shoemaker-Levy 8 (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 101011	6.303	20h 28m 43s	-15° 44’ 29”
Star	HIP 100556	6.7816	20h 23m 26s	-14° 15’ 23”
Star	HIP 100613	7.6792	20h 24m 06s	-13° 23’ 54”
Star	HIP 100325	6.0818	20h 20m 46s	-14° 47’ 05”
Star	HIP 100345	3.0134	20h 21m 00s	-14° 46’ 53”
Star	HIP 100623	6.8688	20h 24m 13s	-14° 06’ 50”
Star	HIP 100798	7.9034	20h 26m 16s	-13° 33’ 03”
Star	HIP 100800	7.8198	20h 26m 17s	-13° 51’ 47”
Star	HIP 100855	8.129	20h 26m 57s	-15° 54’ 29”
Star	HIP 101221	6.038	20h 31m 04s	-15° 03’ 21”
Star	HIP 100948	7.4258	20h 28m 03s	-13° 59’ 49”
Star	HIP 100862	7.8106	20h 27m 04s	-14° 47’ 08”
Star	HIP 100785	7.1524	20h 26m 04s	-14° 58’ 48”
Galaxy	PGC 64515	13.7	20h 21m 04s	-15° 09’ 59”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 135P/Shoemaker-Levy 8

• 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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