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 4294	8.087	00h 55m 00s	+12° 50’ 50”
Star	HIP 4000	8.8272	00h 51m 22s	+14° 14’ 42”
Star	HIP 3457	8.1908	00h 44m 13s	+13° 18’ 26”
Star	HIP 3823	6.7824	00h 49m 04s	+14° 48’ 33”
Star	HIP 3642	8.4828	00h 46m 38s	+14° 00’ 11”
Star	HIP 4089	7.3756	00h 52m 28s	+13° 38’ 55”
Star	HIP 3625	7.3556	00h 46m 29s	+13° 09’ 07”
Star	HIP 3983	8.5544	00h 51m 13s	+14° 05’ 09”
Star	HIP 3808	8.0148	00h 48m 56s	+12° 52’ 46”
Star	HIP 3712	8.8066	00h 47m 41s	+12° 52’ 45”
Star	HIP 4025	6.6634	00h 51m 34s	+12° 47’ 05”

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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