135P/Shoemaker-Levy live position and data

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

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 112310	0	22h 44m 55s	-02° 21’ 10”
Star	HIP 112255	8.966	22h 44m 11s	-00° 57’ 12”
Star	HIP 112344	8.0046	22h 45m 20s	-01° 10’ 42”
Star	HIP 112520	7.327	22h 47m 29s	-01° 47’ 19”
Star	HIP 111818	7.9658	22h 38m 56s	-03° 01’ 32”
Star	HIP 112149	8.2472	22h 42m 57s	-02° 40’ 57”
Star	HIP 111844	8.411	22h 39m 16s	-00° 42’ 57”
Star	HIP 112319	7.5492	22h 45m 00s	-00° 43’ 54”
Star	HIP 111741	8.173	22h 38m 06s	-02° 53’ 54”
Star	HIP 112392	7.92	22h 45m 49s	-00° 55’ 58”
Star	HIP 112115	8.7402	22h 42m 35s	-02° 02’ 41”
Star	HIP 112494	7.6608	22h 47m 12s	-02° 42’ 34”
Galaxy	PGC 69448	13.6	22h 40m 15s	-02° 25’ 28”
Galaxy	PGC 69531	13.8	22h 42m 04s	-02° 46’ 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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