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 11867	5.795	02h 33m 07s	-34° 38’ 59”
Star	HIP 11973	8.5374	02h 34m 26s	-33° 50’ 50”
Star	HIP 11688	7.5152	02h 30m 46s	-33° 00’ 26”
Star	HIP 11059	8.329	02h 22m 20s	-32° 57’ 07”
Star	HIP 11310	8.4894	02h 25m 37s	-33° 10’ 40”
Star	HIP 11477	5.122	02h 28m 01s	-33° 48’ 39”
Star	HIP 11954	7.5392	02h 34m 11s	-33° 07’ 01”
Star	HIP 11647	7.9636	02h 30m 14s	-33° 06’ 29”
Star	HIP 11448	7.5574	02h 27m 42s	-33° 53’ 47”
Star	HIP 11905	7.6922	02h 33m 36s	-32° 49’ 35”
Star	HIP 11300	7.8614	02h 25m 28s	-34° 03’ 07”
Star	HIP 11267	8.9676	02h 25m 05s	-34° 34’ 10”
Star	HIP 11970	8.286	02h 34m 25s	-32° 43’ 06”
Star	HIP 11794	6.4708	02h 32m 11s	-32° 36’ 22”
Galaxy	PGC 9653	14.0	02h 32m 12s	-33° 12’ 47”
Galaxy	PGC 9803	13.9	02h 34m 25s	-32° 34’ 54”

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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