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 46516	0	09h 29m 15s	+08° 38’ 03”
Star	HIP 46634	8.57	09h 30m 35s	+10° 35’ 59”
Star	HIP 46681	7.9822	09h 31m 01s	+10° 09’ 19”
Star	HIP 46261	8.2738	09h 25m 58s	+08° 47’ 57”
Star	HIP 46994	7.2136	09h 34m 41s	+08° 11’ 14”
Star	HIP 47012	8.5158	09h 34m 52s	+09° 40’ 38”
Star	HIP 46457	5.6104	09h 28m 29s	+08° 11’ 18”
Star	HIP 46431	8.1636	09h 28m 07s	+10° 13’ 04”
Star	HIP 46416	8.1694	09h 27m 55s	+08° 17’ 33”
Star	HIP 46764	8.7576	09h 31m 53s	+09° 11’ 19”
Star	HIP 46197	8.312	09h 25m 09s	+09° 28’ 44”
Star	HIP 46885	8.4868	09h 33m 16s	+09° 10’ 06”
Star	HIP 47091	8.9366	09h 35m 48s	+09° 52’ 05”
Star	HIP 46637	8.7128	09h 30m 35s	+10° 36’ 06”
Star	HIP 46774	4.9302	09h 31m 57s	+09° 42’ 56”
Star	HIP 46454	5.3612	09h 28m 27s	+09° 03’ 24”
Galaxy	NGC 2906	13.2	09h 32m 06s	+08° 26’ 34”
Galaxy	NGC 2894	13.3	09h 29m 30s	+07° 43’ 04”
Galaxy	NGC 2911	12.5	09h 33m 46s	+10° 09’ 07”
Galaxy	NGC 2919	13.7	09h 34m 47s	+10° 17’ 03”

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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