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 104641	8.428	21h 11m 47s	-07° 57’ 43”
Star	HIP 104839	6.7744	21h 14m 16s	-10° 36’ 19”
Star	HIP 105060	7.0256	21h 16m 58s	-10° 08’ 05”
Star	HIP 104554	8.2066	21h 10m 44s	-10° 12’ 33”
Star	HIP 104898	8.9074	21h 14m 54s	-07° 43’ 13”
Star	HIP 104995	7.8116	21h 15m 55s	-09° 23’ 28”
Star	HIP 104938	8.0152	21h 15m 23s	-10° 20’ 52”
Star	HIP 104684	8.8142	21h 12m 17s	-08° 21’ 24”
Star	HIP 104557	6.1534	21h 10m 46s	-09° 21’ 14”
Star	HIP 104985	7.1976	21h 15m 48s	-09° 07’ 15”
Star	HIP 105019	6.328	21h 16m 17s	-09° 12’ 52”
Star	HIP 104904	7.3472	21h 14m 58s	-08° 21’ 09”
Star	HIP 105035	7.421	21h 16m 29s	-09° 09’ 28”

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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