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 105120	7.4172	21h 17m 38s	-05° 46’ 55”
Star	HIP 105575	7.7088	21h 22m 59s	-06° 13’ 57”
Star	HIP 105486	8.165	21h 21m 55s	-07° 31’ 15”
Star	HIP 105236	8.1328	21h 18m 59s	-07° 08’ 19”
Star	HIP 105550	6.8062	21h 22m 37s	-05° 37’ 59”
Star	HIP 105225	8.0336	21h 18m 52s	-06° 26’ 20”
Star	HIP 105424	7.9674	21h 21m 16s	-08° 16’ 00”
Star	HIP 105641	7.57	21h 23m 50s	-06° 35’ 02”
Star	HIP 105235	8.158	21h 18m 59s	-07° 19’ 46”
Star	HIP 105051	7.8462	21h 16m 43s	-07° 39’ 17”
Star	HIP 105705	7.1252	21h 24m 35s	-06° 42’ 54”
Star	HIP 104897	7.3446	21h 14m 54s	-07° 05’ 14”
Star	HIP 105301	8.082	21h 19m 40s	-05° 29’ 13”
Star	HIP 105667	8.1418	21h 24m 10s	-06° 44’ 37”

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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