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C/2015 V2 (Johnson) live position and data

This page shows Comet C/2015 V2 (Johnson) 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 C/2015 V2 (Johnson) (less than 1.5 degrees):

TypeNameMagnitudeArDec
StarHIP 721648.889814h 45m 37s-40° 01’ 49”
StarHIP 721698.838414h 45m 41s-41° 15’ 09”
StarHIP 723528.41314h 47m 41s-41° 15’ 34”
StarHIP 723626.928214h 47m 46s-39° 55’ 34”
StarHIP 723987.628214h 48m 09s-41° 01’ 01”
StarHIP 724138.168614h 48m 23s-39° 01’ 44”
StarHIP 724547.49714h 48m 58s-40° 25’ 15”
StarHIP 725918.50314h 50m 34s-40° 23’ 23”
StarHIP 726328.021414h 51m 01s-39° 40’ 49”
StarHIP 727107.936214h 51m 57s-40° 48’ 20”
StarHIP 729468.542814h 54m 29s-40° 21’ 42”
StarHIP 729507.551814h 54m 32s-39° 20’ 46”
StarHIP 729587.919814h 54m 37s-39° 18’ 32”
StarHIP 729758.867214h 54m 48s-40° 44’ 50”
StarHIP 729867.104614h 54m 54s-41° 21’ 52”
StarHIP 731166.359214h 56m 35s-39° 24’ 57”
StarHIP 732796.030814h 58m 36s-39° 54’ 25”
GalaxyESO 327-3213.714h 55m 53s-39° 12’ 11”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet C/2015 V2 (Johnson)

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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