29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 live position and data

This page shows Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 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 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 10833	0	02h 19m 25s	+24° 42’ 27”
Star	HIP 10667	8.4334	02h 17m 15s	+23° 52’ 24”
Star	HIP 10563	8.1816	02h 15m 57s	+22° 29’ 38”
Star	HIP 10503	8.6928	02h 15m 23s	+22° 38’ 22”
Star	HIP 10576	8.2686	02h 16m 07s	+25° 03’ 23”
Star	HIP 10201	8.3108	02h 11m 09s	+23° 13’ 00”
Star	HIP 10181	7.2762	02h 10m 54s	+23° 47’ 56”
Star	HIP 10535	5.531	02h 15m 42s	+25° 02’ 35”
Star	HIP 10296	5.8384	02h 12m 37s	+24° 10’ 04”
Star	HIP 10505	6.7378	02h 15m 24s	+24° 16’ 18”
Star	HIP 10657	6.434	02h 17m 10s	+23° 46’ 04”
Star	HIP 10272	7.7516	02h 12m 15s	+23° 57’ 30”
Star	HIP 10468	7.877	02h 14m 57s	+22° 37’ 44”
Star	HIP 10607	8.6676	02h 16m 34s	+24° 36’ 21”
Star	HIP 10964	7.3978	02h 21m 14s	+23° 25’ 35”
Star	HIP 10795	6.4098	02h 18m 57s	+23° 10’ 04”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1

• 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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