199P/Shoemaker 4 live position and data

This page shows Comet 199P/Shoemaker 4 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 199P/Shoemaker 4 (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 84728	0	17h 19m 11s	-11° 07’ 27”
Star	HIP 84913	7.66	17h 21m 11s	-12° 03’ 25”
Star	HIP 84544	7.5556	17h 17m 00s	-13° 06’ 04”
Star	HIP 85397	6.161	17h 27m 02s	-12° 30’ 44”
Star	HIP 84674	7.941	17h 18m 38s	-12° 36’ 34”
Star	HIP 85029	8.0104	17h 22m 44s	-12° 44’ 27”
Star	HIP 85208	8.3452	17h 24m 42s	-13° 17’ 39”
Star	HIP 84880	4.331	17h 20m 49s	-12° 50’ 48”
Star	HIP 84618	8.3436	17h 17m 51s	-12° 18’ 47”
Star	HIP 85151	8.1746	17h 24m 02s	-11° 42’ 06”
Star	HIP 84895	7.6352	17h 21m 00s	-13° 05’ 07”
Star	HIP 84928	7.9416	17h 21m 21s	-11° 56’ 49”
Star	HIP 84789	8.5856	17h 19m 51s	-11° 21’ 06”
Star	HIP 84729	8.1758	17h 19m 09s	-11° 59’ 08”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 199P/Shoemaker 4

• 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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