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 12781	0	02h 44m 14s	+25° 31’ 27”
Star	HIP 13398	0	02h 52m 25s	+26° 58’ 31”
Star	HIP 13224	7.4762	02h 50m 13s	+25° 20’ 01”
Star	HIP 13382	8.9566	02h 52m 12s	+25° 11’ 54”
Star	HIP 13120	7.3722	02h 48m 45s	+25° 04’ 36”
Star	HIP 13121	5.8972	02h 48m 45s	+25° 11’ 17”
Star	HIP 12744	6.3838	02h 43m 51s	+25° 38’ 17”
Star	HIP 13081	7.4772	02h 48m 08s	+27° 04’ 08”
Star	HIP 13356	7.891	02h 51m 50s	+27° 16’ 26”
Star	HIP 13209	3.6198	02h 49m 58s	+27° 15’ 38”
Star	HIP 13672	7.9468	02h 56m 04s	+26° 05’ 26”
Star	HIP 13109	7.837	02h 48m 33s	+25° 17’ 46”
Star	HIP 12926	7.7872	02h 46m 15s	+25° 39’ 00”
Star	HIP 13010	7.7342	02h 47m 12s	+26° 44’ 18”

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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