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 29846	8.6546	06h 17m 05s	+29° 32’ 31”
Star	HIP 30273	7.0254	06h 22m 03s	+29° 57’ 51”
Star	HIP 30188	6.978	06h 21m 04s	+29° 22’ 18”
Star	HIP 30354	8.3374	06h 23m 05s	+27° 43’ 52”
Star	HIP 30331	7.5248	06h 22m 47s	+27° 59’ 12”
Star	HIP 30561	8.7442	06h 25m 27s	+29° 34’ 16”
Star	HIP 30137	8.6598	06h 20m 32s	+28° 41’ 17”
Star	HIP 29975	6.88	06h 18m 37s	+29° 46’ 53”
Star	HIP 30348	7.6292	06h 23m 00s	+28° 37’ 17”
Star	HIP 30115	7.978	06h 20m 14s	+30° 22’ 09”
Star	HIP 30200	6.401	06h 21m 11s	+29° 32’ 27”
Star	HIP 29790	6.919	06h 16m 20s	+30° 06’ 09”
Star	HIP 30091	7.3668	06h 19m 58s	+28° 25’ 36”
Star	HIP 30525	8.1082	06h 24m 59s	+28° 01’ 55”
Star	HIP 29696	4.2258	06h 15m 22s	+29° 29’ 55”
Star	HIP 30388	8.3728	06h 23m 23s	+28° 45’ 21”
Star	HIP 30518	6.7126	06h 24m 52s	+29° 42’ 25”
Star	HIP 29749	7.837	06h 15m 54s	+27° 51’ 42”
Star	HIP 29793	7.3926	06h 16m 22s	+28° 51’ 07”
Star	HIP 29902	7.7336	06h 17m 45s	+29° 13’ 10”
Star	HIP 29927	7.7364	06h 17m 59s	+28° 00’ 24”
Star	HIP 30036	8.7514	06h 19m 14s	+29° 55’ 32”

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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