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 82427	8.149	16h 50m 43s	-25° 25’ 39”
Star	HIP 82756	8.1762	16h 54m 50s	-26° 24’ 47”
Star	HIP 82397	7.4884	16h 50m 10s	-26° 44’ 32”
Star	HIP 82511	8.4264	16h 51m 50s	-25° 32’ 05”
Star	HIP 82708	7.1656	16h 54m 20s	-25° 49’ 45”
Star	HIP 82534	8.2798	16h 52m 13s	-26° 55’ 10”
Star	HIP 82839	7.5646	16h 55m 44s	-25° 32’ 02”
Star	HIP 82512	7.5052	16h 51m 51s	-26° 52’ 25”
Star	HIP 82583	8.4278	16h 52m 56s	-26° 45’ 02”
Star	HIP 82140	6.6052	16h 46m 51s	-25° 31’ 42”
Star	HIP 82425	8.966	16h 50m 42s	-26° 05’ 20”
Star	HIP 83055	7.2716	16h 58m 16s	-26° 03’ 32”
Star	HIP 82600	8.3872	16h 53m 08s	-25° 16’ 06”
Star	HIP 82538	6.9092	16h 52m 16s	-25° 36’ 02”
Star	HIP 82667	8.1064	16h 53m 57s	-25° 04’ 09”
Star	HIP 82474	7.6464	16h 51m 21s	-24° 50’ 02”

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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