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 106698	8.6524	21h 36m 43s	-13° 27’ 33”
Star	HIP 106831	8.2672	21h 38m 15s	-13° 32’ 00”
Star	HIP 106833	7.9698	21h 38m 16s	-12° 02’ 41”
Star	HIP 106922	7.125	21h 39m 15s	-13° 53’ 40”
Star	HIP 106951	8.4276	21h 39m 39s	-12° 37’ 20”
Star	HIP 107095	5.1068	21h 41m 32s	-14° 02’ 48”
Star	HIP 107098	0	21h 41m 37s	-14° 39’ 53”
Star	HIP 107127	7.8932	21h 42m 00s	-12° 14’ 58”
Star	HIP 107182	8.5892	21h 42m 36s	-12° 02’ 32”
Star	HIP 107232	5.8596	21h 43m 04s	-14° 23’ 59”
Star	HIP 107407	8.4184	21h 45m 18s	-13° 40’ 33”
Star	HIP 107412	6.6472	21h 45m 21s	-12° 47’ 00”
Star	HIP 107422	8.8684	21h 45m 28s	-13° 38’ 31”

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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