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):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 69242	8.2374	14h 10m 31s	-05° 27’ 27”
Star	HIP 69414	6.967	14h 12m 45s	-03° 19’ 09”
Star	HIP 69537	8.9066	14h 14m 05s	-03° 45’ 01”
Star	HIP 69564	6.313	14h 14m 21s	-05° 56’ 52”
Star	HIP 69572	7.7228	14h 14m 27s	-04° 47’ 08”
Star	HIP 69586	7.5978	14h 14m 36s	-05° 19’ 36”
Star	HIP 69701	4.0292	14h 16m 00s	-05° 59’ 58”
Star	HIP 69724	8.8488	14h 16m 20s	-04° 17’ 05”
Star	HIP 69747	6.14	14h 16m 30s	-03° 11’ 46”
Star	HIP 69775	6.8552	14h 16m 49s	-05° 38’ 38”
Star	HIP 69789	7.6808	14h 17m 02s	-04° 19’ 43”
Star	HIP 69798	7.2368	14h 17m 05s	-05° 44’ 21”
Star	HIP 69817	8.5692	14h 17m 20s	-04° 15’ 57”
Star	HIP 70016	7.4882	14h 19m 35s	-05° 09’ 03”
Galaxy	NGC 5493	12.3	14h 11m 29s	-05° 02’ 39”
Galaxy	NGC 5506	12.8	14h 13m 14s	-03° 12’ 27”
Galaxy	NGC 5507	13.5	14h 13m 19s	-03° 08’ 57”
Galaxy	PGC 51156	13.7	14h 19m 13s	-05° 30’ 46”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet C/2015 V2 (Johnson)

• 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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