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 22523	7.4452	04h 50m 48s	+31° 33’ 57”
Star	HIP 22633	6.63	04h 52m 10s	+31° 09’ 51”
Star	HIP 22662	7.5214	04h 52m 27s	+31° 59’ 11”
Star	HIP 22898	7.0888	04h 55m 30s	+32° 47’ 02”
Star	HIP 22407	5.8078	04h 49m 19s	+32° 35’ 17”
Star	HIP 22789	8.962	04h 54m 10s	+32° 12’ 39”
Star	HIP 22393	5.4606	04h 49m 12s	+31° 26’ 15”
Star	HIP 22894	7.3988	04h 55m 28s	+32° 09’ 17”
Star	HIP 23205	8.0928	04h 59m 36s	+31° 35’ 06”
Star	HIP 23136	8.5874	04h 58m 42s	+32° 24’ 13”
Star	HIP 23015	2.5324	04h 56m 59s	+33° 09’ 58”

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

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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