26P/Grigg-Skjellerup live position and data

This page shows Comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup 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 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 28004	0	05h 55m 26s	+08° 24’ 41”
Star	HIP 27735	8.227	05h 52m 18s	+09° 11’ 51”
Star	HIP 27648	8.2074	05h 51m 11s	+08° 53’ 54”
Star	HIP 27644	8.5566	05h 51m 07s	+08° 06’ 26”
Star	HIP 28200	8.3972	05h 57m 33s	+09° 34’ 53”
Star	HIP 28526	7.1728	06h 01m 17s	+09° 04’ 20”
Star	HIP 28353	6.6738	05h 59m 27s	+08° 24’ 55”
Star	HIP 27826	7.0794	05h 53m 18s	+09° 33’ 32”
Star	HIP 27659	8.7222	05h 51m 22s	+08° 29’ 18”
Star	HIP 28397	8.226	05h 59m 53s	+09° 32’ 01”
Star	HIP 27919	7.1672	05h 54m 28s	+08° 03’ 15”
Star	HIP 27989	0.3956	05h 55m 10s	+07° 24’ 25”
Star	HIP 28110	5.979	05h 56m 28s	+09° 30’ 33”
Star	HIP 28274	7.2018	05h 58m 27s	+07° 51’ 37”
Star	HIP 28432	7.9044	06h 00m 15s	+08° 57’ 22”

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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