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 68174	8.5518	13h 57m 24s	+15° 43’ 43”
Star	HIP 68312	8.0934	13h 59m 00s	+15° 32’ 55”
Star	HIP 68209	7.5874	13h 57m 52s	+16° 12’ 07”
Star	HIP 67935	7.8066	13h 54m 44s	+15° 16’ 39”
Star	HIP 68279	5.8504	13h 58m 39s	+14° 38’ 57”
Star	HIP 68108	6.7338	13h 56m 36s	+15° 53’ 27”
Star	HIP 68517	7.3374	14h 01m 37s	+16° 45’ 27”
Star	HIP 68234	7.4004	13h 58m 06s	+16° 24’ 11”
Star	HIP 68634	7.0588	14h 02m 56s	+14° 58’ 31”
Star	HIP 68294	7.2342	13h 58m 50s	+14° 33’ 46”
Star	HIP 68443	7.9418	14h 00m 44s	+15° 22’ 35”

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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