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 12144	0	02h 36m 32s	-34° 36’ 28”
Star	HIP 12263	7.185	02h 37m 53s	-33° 40’ 38”
Star	HIP 11867	5.795	02h 33m 07s	-34° 38’ 59”
Star	HIP 12163	7.4578	02h 36m 46s	-35° 49’ 43”
Star	HIP 11973	8.5374	02h 34m 26s	-33° 50’ 50”
Star	HIP 12242	8.2194	02h 37m 38s	-36° 09’ 33”
Star	HIP 12186	5.7286	02h 36m 58s	-34° 34’ 38”
Star	HIP 11590	7.619	02h 29m 21s	-35° 56’ 29”
Star	HIP 12411	8.2324	02h 39m 47s	-33° 53’ 56”
Star	HIP 12602	8.344	02h 42m 01s	-34° 49’ 58”
Star	HIP 12251	8.8908	02h 37m 44s	-34° 32’ 17”
Star	HIP 12176	7.4768	02h 36m 53s	-35° 19’ 11”
Star	HIP 12414	8.4198	02h 39m 47s	-35° 30’ 45”
Star	HIP 12393	8.1626	02h 39m 35s	-34° 30’ 37”
Star	HIP 12219	8.6718	02h 37m 20s	-33° 38’ 57”
Star	HIP 12409	7.1858	02h 39m 46s	-35° 01’ 27”
Galaxy	PGC 10074	6.8	02h 39m 34s	-34° 31’ 08”
Galaxy	NGC 964	13.5	02h 31m 05s	-36° 02’ 03”
Galaxy	PGC 9604	13.9	02h 31m 28s	-34° 54’ 46”
Galaxy	ESO 355-26	13.8	02h 32m 17s	-35° 01’ 48”

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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