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 16791	7.2796	03h 36m 04s	+27° 35’ 35”
Star	HIP 16382	7.8208	03h 31m 01s	+27° 06’ 48”
Star	HIP 17039	8.7814	03h 39m 10s	+27° 57’ 23”
Star	HIP 16217	8.3688	03h 28m 56s	+26° 18’ 31”
Star	HIP 16411	6.5946	03h 31m 20s	+27° 34’ 18”
Star	HIP 16378	7.8176	03h 31m 00s	+27° 43’ 27”
Star	HIP 17134	8.2576	03h 40m 09s	+26° 57’ 37”
Star	HIP 16879	7.2314	03h 37m 10s	+25° 59’ 30”
Star	HIP 16513	8.4054	03h 32m 37s	+28° 21’ 57”
Star	HIP 16386	7.431	03h 31m 03s	+27° 43’ 53”
Star	HIP 16704	8.3552	03h 34m 57s	+26° 36’ 29”
Star	HIP 16410	6.9502	03h 31m 19s	+27° 34’ 18”
Star	HIP 17090	8.8914	03h 39m 39s	+27° 45’ 33”
Star	HIP 17140	8.1778	03h 40m 13s	+26° 53’ 14”
Star	HIP 16740	8.6472	03h 35m 20s	+26° 51’ 00”

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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