2014 MU69 (Ultima Thule) live position and data

This page shows KBO 2014 MU69 (Ultima Thule) 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 KBO 2014 MU69 (Ultima Thule) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 96552	8.9314	19h 37m 44s	-20° 48’ 56”
Star	HIP 96475	7.9646	19h 36m 49s	-18° 47’ 03”
Star	HIP 96496	5.5254	19h 37m 03s	-18° 13’ 51”
Star	HIP 96370	6.7056	19h 35m 35s	-20° 46’ 54”
Star	HIP 96422	8.6576	19h 36m 12s	-18° 54’ 13”
Star	HIP 96393	8.8074	19h 35m 51s	-20° 55’ 18”
Star	HIP 96044	7.0162	19h 31m 42s	-19° 23’ 11”
Star	HIP 96726	7.8108	19h 39m 47s	-19° 13’ 50”
Star	HIP 96086	8.0712	19h 32m 06s	-20° 24’ 01”
Star	HIP 96424	8.717	19h 36m 13s	-20° 03’ 54”
Star	HIP 96763	7.5328	19h 40m 09s	-20° 32’ 51”
Star	HIP 96440	6.106	19h 36m 26s	-18° 51’ 10”
Star	HIP 96238	8.0322	19h 34m 09s	-19° 34’ 14”
Star	HIP 96873	8.5998	19h 41m 28s	-20° 05’ 06”

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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