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 114211	6.9134	23h 07m 45s	-00° 17’ 45”
Star	HIP 114260	7.3864	23h 08m 26s	-00° 29’ 58”
Star	HIP 114458	8.9472	23h 10m 50s	+00° 24’ 37”
Star	HIP 114521	8.553	23h 11m 45s	+00° 13’ 24”
Star	HIP 114603	7.5422	23h 13m 00s	+00° 01’ 50”
Star	HIP 114609	8.679	23h 13m 05s	-00° 26’ 04”
Star	HIP 114770	8.613	23h 14m 54s	-01° 03’ 22”
Star	HIP 114864	6.8046	23h 15m 58s	-01° 25’ 25”
Star	HIP 114914	7.4768	23h 16m 35s	-01° 35’ 11”

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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