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 27825	0	05h 53m 16s	+30° 32’ 56”
Star	HIP 27783	8.912	05h 52m 46s	+29° 46’ 04”
Star	HIP 27786	8.9018	05h 52m 47s	+29° 46’ 13”
Star	HIP 27336	6.9692	05h 47m 24s	+29° 39’ 28”
Star	HIP 27447	8.3648	05h 48m 41s	+28° 19’ 28”
Star	HIP 28244	8.6442	05h 58m 07s	+28° 11’ 12”
Star	HIP 27312	7.8546	05h 47m 09s	+29° 25’ 50”
Star	HIP 28258	8.6518	05h 58m 14s	+29° 24’ 42”
Star	HIP 28309	7.0994	05h 58m 55s	+29° 59’ 01”
Star	HIP 27798	7.8212	05h 52m 56s	+29° 06’ 43”
Star	HIP 28117	6.3396	05h 56m 33s	+28° 56’ 32”
Star	HIP 27459	8.0572	05h 48m 53s	+29° 08’ 10”
Star	HIP 27492	7.8354	05h 49m 17s	+29° 43’ 36”
Star	HIP 28270	7.8886	05h 58m 24s	+29° 37’ 37”
Star	HIP 27726	7.7988	05h 52m 15s	+29° 31’ 04”
Star	HIP 27629	5.4848	05h 50m 58s	+27° 58’ 04”
Star	HIP 27686	8.155	05h 51m 40s	+27° 50’ 30”
Star	HIP 28411	8.7756	06h 00m 02s	+28° 44’ 49”
Star	HIP 27676	8.1464	05h 51m 32s	+28° 05’ 31”
Star	HIP 27488	8.451	05h 49m 13s	+30° 05’ 56”

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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