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135P/Shoemaker-Levy 8 live position and data.
Right Ascension: 16.661365
Declination: -16.911504 (J2000) Magnitude: 15.46 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Ophiucus
Sun Distance: 402463107 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 254192511 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 7 Jun 2007 07:08 UTC [] |
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).
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 81745 | 8.6904 | 16h 41m 49s | -16° 21’ 48” |
Star | HIP 81474 | 6.7232 | 16h 38m 28s | -18° 13’ 13” |
Star | HIP 81366 | 8.459 | 16h 37m 00s | -17° 09’ 36” |
Star | HIP 81724 | 4.8114 | 16h 41m 34s | -17° 44’ 31” |
Star | HIP 81409 | 8.2018 | 16h 37m 37s | -16° 50’ 59” |
Star | HIP 81723 | 8.1864 | 16h 41m 34s | -16° 56’ 00” |
Star | HIP 81695 | 6.6676 | 16h 41m 18s | -18° 03’ 33” |
Star | HIP 81220 | 8.6418 | 16h 35m 21s | -16° 16’ 01” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: