C/1927 X1 (Skjellerup-Maristany) live position and data

This page shows Comet Skjellerup-Maristany (C/1927 X1) 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 in the background 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 Skjellerup-Maristany (C/1927 X1) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 84248	5.775	17h 13m 18s	-67° 11’ 46”
Star	HIP 84176	7.438	17h 12m 25s	-66° 36’ 34”
Star	HIP 83053	6.4916	16h 58m 15s	-65° 12’ 15”
Star	HIP 83670	8.861	17h 06m 03s	-66° 42’ 52”
Star	HIP 85005	8.1398	17h 22m 27s	-65° 19’ 09”
Star	HIP 85008	7.2578	17h 22m 28s	-66° 16’ 07”
Star	HIP 84327	7.3578	17h 14m 22s	-64° 37’ 51”
Star	HIP 83303	8.1208	17h 01m 27s	-65° 20’ 50”
Star	HIP 85138	6.6344	17h 23m 57s	-65° 42’ 07”
Star	HIP 83820	7.3556	17h 07m 50s	-67° 11’ 16”
Star	HIP 83787	6.8126	17h 07m 27s	-65° 44’ 50”
Star	HIP 84285	8.282	17h 13m 48s	-65° 41’ 15”
Star	HIP 84577	8.5624	17h 17m 20s	-66° 20’ 51”
Star	HIP 84286	8.347	17h 13m 51s	-67° 22’ 10”
Star	HIP 84174	8.7682	17h 12m 25s	-64° 59’ 39”
Star	HIP 83534	8.3764	17h 04m 23s	-65° 39’ 03”
Star	HIP 83256	7.6548	17h 01m 00s	-66° 30’ 40”
Star	HIP 82908	7.9266	16h 56m 32s	-66° 06’ 32”
Star	HIP 84586	6.7944	17h 17m 25s	-66° 57’ 02”
Star	HIP 83928	7.9848	17h 09m 18s	-65° 19’ 07”
Star	HIP 83888	7.8572	17h 08m 43s	-64° 50’ 47”
Star	HIP 84302	7.0068	17h 14m 07s	-65° 57’ 44”
Galaxy	ESO 101-18	13.3	16h 57m 00s	-65° 57’ 11”

Additional resources

• 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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