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 6137	6.616	01h 18m 44s	-43° 19’ 58”
Star	HIP 6177	8.6228	01h 19m 14s	-43° 37’ 45”
Star	HIP 6418	7.007	01h 22m 24s	-43° 36’ 09”
Star	HIP 6567	0	01h 24m 22s	-44° 08’ 07”
Star	HIP 6595	6.137	01h 24m 41s	-44° 31’ 42”
Star	HIP 6609	8.816	01h 24m 50s	-42° 45’ 52”
Star	HIP 6760	6.5338	01h 26m 58s	-41° 44’ 50”
Star	HIP 6867	3.2834	01h 28m 21s	-43° 19’ 03”
Star	HIP 6931	8.8878	01h 29m 18s	-41° 49’ 56”
Star	HIP 6946	8.1876	01h 29m 26s	-43° 09’ 23”
Star	HIP 7104	8.141	01h 31m 32s	-43° 50’ 47”
Galaxy	ESO 244-31	13.8	01h 30m 05s	-42° 41’ 08”

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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