255P/Levy live position and data

This page shows Comet 255P/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 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 255P/Levy (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 54910	6.5124	11h 14m 37s	-01° 16’ 14”
Star	HIP 55453	8.9912	11h 21m 25s	-01° 56’ 01”
Star	HIP 55379	8.2428	11h 20m 23s	-01° 47’ 49”
Star	HIP 55288	6.5684	11h 19m 22s	-01° 39’ 16”
Star	HIP 55011	8.9052	11h 15m 48s	-02° 17’ 57”
Star	HIP 55510	8.4448	11h 22m 08s	-02° 23’ 20”
Star	HIP 54728	8.046	11h 12m 16s	-01° 11’ 12”
Star	HIP 54898	8.6162	11h 14m 25s	-02° 25’ 40”
Star	HIP 54802	7.5328	11h 13m 08s	-01° 24’ 33”
Star	HIP 55304	7.8602	11h 19m 32s	-00° 11’ 16”
Star	HIP 54942	8.6486	11h 15m 04s	-00° 58’ 22”
Galaxy	UGC 6340	14.0	11h 19m 55s	-00° 52’ 50”
Galaxy	UGC 6311	14.0	11h 17m 55s	-02° 05’ 30”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 255P/Levy

• 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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