255P/Levy Real Time Tracker |
Right Ascension: 16.877530
Declination: -26.138546 (J2000) Magnitude: 38.12 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Scorpius
Sun Distance: 607066677 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 752851583 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 10 Jan 2012 15:28 UTC [] |
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).
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” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: