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 115964	0	23h 29m 40s	+03° 59’ 03”
Star	HIP 116433	8.6492	23h 35m 36s	+04° 02’ 18”
Star	HIP 116240	7.5336	23h 33m 11s	+04° 20’ 32”
Star	HIP 116600	7.25	23h 37m 49s	+03° 22’ 13”
Star	HIP 116223	7.8654	23h 32m 54s	+03° 22’ 54”
Star	HIP 116410	8.3478	23h 35m 23s	+02° 13’ 28”
Star	HIP 116344	8.6936	23h 34m 28s	+03° 16’ 40”
Star	HIP 116479	7.8516	23h 36m 05s	+03° 09’ 04”
Star	HIP 116138	8.9948	23h 31m 53s	+03° 25’ 49”
Star	HIP 116463	8.5832	23h 35m 54s	+02° 26’ 44”
Star	HIP 116179	8.587	23h 32m 24s	+04° 02’ 51”
Star	HIP 116069	7.1218	23h 31m 06s	+02° 21’ 48”
Star	HIP 116185	8.83	23h 32m 28s	+03° 02’ 24”
Star	HIP 116257	7.1434	23h 33m 23s	+04° 38’ 21”
Galaxy	NGC 7679	13.5	23h 28m 46s	+03° 30’ 41”
Galaxy	NGC 7685	13.9	23h 30m 33s	+03° 54’ 03”

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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