153P/Ikeya-Zhang live position and data

This page shows Comet 153P/Ikeya-Zhang 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 153P/Ikeya-Zhang (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 99150	0	20h 07m 44s	-31° 45’ 07”
Star	HIP 98960	6.5444	20h 05m 32s	-32° 59’ 59”
Star	HIP 98310	7.8098	19h 58m 30s	-32° 25’ 36”
Star	HIP 99038	8.0122	20h 06m 28s	-31° 34’ 07”
Star	HIP 99148	8.545	20h 07m 43s	-32° 36’ 23”
Star	HIP 99384	8.7198	20h 10m 18s	-31° 31’ 16”
Star	HIP 98319	7.6712	19h 58m 33s	-32° 37’ 44”
Star	HIP 98842	4.879	20h 04m 19s	-32° 03’ 22”
Star	HIP 98499	7.4258	20h 00m 38s	-32° 10’ 32”
Star	HIP 99154	8.6076	20h 07m 46s	-30° 51’ 06”
Star	HIP 99304	8.7136	20h 09m 25s	-32° 03’ 37”
Galaxy	NGC 6841	13.7	19h 57m 49s	-31° 48’ 34”

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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