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 104806	8.6134	21h 14m 01s	-13° 41’ 24”
Star	HIP 104859	8.312	21h 14m 30s	-14° 08’ 47”
Star	HIP 104918	8.155	21h 15m 10s	-15° 07’ 31”
Star	HIP 104944	8.4536	21h 15m 29s	-14° 24’ 06”
Star	HIP 104974	5.178	21h 15m 44s	-15° 10’ 17”
Star	HIP 105002	6.5114	21h 15m 59s	-13° 12’ 09”
Star	HIP 105042	8.0844	21h 16m 35s	-14° 49’ 23”
Star	HIP 105079	6.4028	21h 17m 13s	-13° 16’ 44”
Star	HIP 105267	6.8786	21h 19m 20s	-13° 02’ 52”
Star	HIP 105315	7.0228	21h 19m 48s	-14° 01’ 03”
Star	HIP 105325	8.3528	21h 20m 01s	-12° 59’ 11”
Star	HIP 105333	7.2026	21h 20m 09s	-13° 30’ 08”
Star	HIP 105385	7.6444	21h 20m 46s	-12° 53’ 10”
Star	HIP 105498	0	21h 22m 00s	-15° 09’ 32”
Star	HIP 105519	8.0246	21h 22m 16s	-14° 55’ 10”
Star	HIP 105603	7.4592	21h 23m 20s	-13° 30’ 48”

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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