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 11321	0	02h 25m 42s	-38° 12’ 15”
Star	HIP 12066	8.511	02h 35m 35s	-39° 53’ 20”
Star	HIP 11385	8.2942	02h 26m 43s	-39° 35’ 12”
Star	HIP 11534	8.869	02h 28m 43s	-38° 57’ 37”
Star	HIP 12135	7.664	02h 36m 18s	-38° 43’ 47”
Star	HIP 11078	7.6924	02h 22m 35s	-39° 24’ 49”
Star	HIP 11556	7.9394	02h 28m 52s	-40° 26’ 07”
Star	HIP 11859	8.8628	02h 33m 03s	-39° 20’ 31”
Star	HIP 11017	8.2676	02h 21m 52s	-38° 42’ 21”
Star	HIP 11834	8.7676	02h 32m 48s	-38° 35’ 01”
Galaxy	NGC 986	11.6	02h 33m 34s	-39° 02’ 43”

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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