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 83201	8.0752	17h 00m 13s	-55° 06’ 21”
Star	HIP 83387	8.782	17h 02m 33s	-55° 04’ 15”
Star	HIP 83402	7.0894	17h 02m 44s	-54° 33’ 40”
Star	HIP 83749	7.8256	17h 07m 00s	-56° 02’ 17”
Star	HIP 83785	8.6568	17h 07m 26s	-55° 43’ 02”
Star	HIP 83786	7.8458	17h 07m 26s	-53° 45’ 19”
Star	HIP 83960	8.173	17h 09m 43s	-54° 20’ 06”
Star	HIP 83983	8.1496	17h 10m 04s	-56° 26’ 56”
Star	HIP 84197	8.626	17h 12m 39s	-56° 24’ 09”
Star	HIP 84232	7.089	17h 13m 03s	-54° 51’ 07”
Star	HIP 84241	8.6794	17h 13m 11s	-55° 23’ 30”
Star	HIP 84338	7.9598	17h 14m 31s	-56° 00’ 27”
Star	HIP 84339	8.479	17h 14m 33s	-54° 22’ 12”
Star	HIP 84457	7.6904	17h 15m 59s	-53° 56’ 32”
Star	HIP 84508	8.8894	17h 16m 34s	-55° 18’ 37”
Star	HIP 84755	8.498	17h 19m 28s	-54° 21’ 48”
Star	HIP 84760	7.2312	17h 19m 30s	-55° 06’ 59”

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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