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 112544	0	22h 47m 43s	+00° 20’ 07”
Star	HIP 112807	7.4622	22h 50m 42s	-00° 34’ 40”
Star	HIP 112344	8.0046	22h 45m 20s	-01° 10’ 42”
Star	HIP 112520	7.327	22h 47m 29s	-01° 47’ 19”
Star	HIP 113106	8.2704	22h 54m 18s	-01° 02’ 56”
Star	HIP 112319	7.5492	22h 45m 00s	-00° 43’ 54”
Star	HIP 113164	8.723	22h 54m 57s	-00° 47’ 05”
Star	HIP 112392	7.92	22h 45m 49s	-00° 55’ 58”
Star	HIP 112880	8.1612	22h 51m 33s	-01° 48’ 46”
Star	HIP 113095	8.5818	22h 54m 14s	+00° 24’ 54”
Galaxy	NGC 7391	13.2	22h 50m 36s	-01° 32’ 34”

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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