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 4666	0	00h 59m 56s	+15° 44’ 13”
Star	HIP 4303	7.955	00h 55m 08s	+16° 54’ 36”
Star	HIP 4387	8.6276	00h 56m 13s	+15° 39’ 22”
Star	HIP 4400	8.7052	00h 56m 26s	+15° 00’ 37”
Star	HIP 4946	8.7818	01h 03m 27s	+17° 09’ 01”
Star	HIP 4912	8.4912	01h 03m 01s	+16° 08’ 06”
Star	HIP 4696	7.1458	01h 00m 21s	+17° 13’ 35”
Star	HIP 5075	7.0354	01h 04m 55s	+16° 14’ 32”
Star	HIP 4472	8.7844	00h 57m 18s	+16° 20’ 53”
Star	HIP 4573	7.7412	00h 58m 31s	+16° 18’ 49”

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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