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

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 80207	8.8632	16h 22m 26s	-34° 20’ 40”
Star	HIP 80486	7.9266	16h 25m 45s	-33° 34’ 01”
Star	HIP 80895	6.8484	16h 31m 10s	-34° 19’ 58”
Star	HIP 80405	7.0366	16h 24m 43s	-34° 53’ 37”
Star	HIP 80391	7.4846	16h 24m 31s	-35° 10’ 30”
Star	HIP 80518	8.8612	16h 26m 13s	-34° 56’ 44”
Star	HIP 79874	6.9692	16h 18m 14s	-34° 54’ 52”
Star	HIP 80220	8.3438	16h 22m 34s	-33° 40’ 31”
Star	HIP 80813	8.4236	16h 30m 08s	-34° 07’ 17”
Star	HIP 80511	8.4128	16h 26m 08s	-34° 58’ 59”
Star	HIP 79855	8.7346	16h 18m 02s	-34° 37’ 29”
Star	HIP 80324	6.3946	16h 23m 56s	-33° 11’ 57”
Star	HIP 79962	6.5998	16h 19m 17s	-35° 29’ 26”
Star	HIP 80750	8.4998	16h 29m 14s	-35° 28’ 20”
Star	HIP 80278	8.7628	16h 23m 12s	-34° 33’ 49”
Star	HIP 80714	7.7666	16h 28m 46s	-35° 41’ 23”
Star	HIP 80911	4.2424	16h 31m 22s	-34° 42’ 15”
Star	HIP 80277	7.1516	16h 23m 11s	-34° 55’ 29”

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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