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 9752	8.543	02h 05m 24s	-40° 17’ 15”
Star	HIP 9539	8.6854	02h 02m 36s	-39° 25’ 11”
Star	HIP 9629	8.6224	02h 03m 45s	-40° 28’ 09”
Star	HIP 9209	7.2052	01h 58m 27s	-41° 10’ 12”
Star	HIP 9387	8.621	02h 00m 38s	-39° 39’ 52”
Star	HIP 9296	6.8456	01h 59m 26s	-40° 43’ 37”
Star	HIP 9179	8.3768	01h 58m 08s	-39° 20’ 27”
Star	HIP 8641	6.3278	01h 51m 26s	-39° 50’ 09”
Star	HIP 8722	8.0626	01h 52m 12s	-39° 40’ 27”
Star	HIP 9384	8.216	02h 00m 33s	-40° 16’ 04”
Star	HIP 9120	8.4142	01h 57m 32s	-40° 38’ 10”
Star	HIP 9468	8.4472	02h 01m 50s	-39° 18’ 59”
Star	HIP 9350	8.5784	02h 00m 06s	-41° 32’ 36”
Star	HIP 9524	7.8264	02h 02m 30s	-40° 31’ 12”
Star	HIP 9553	8.8904	02h 02m 44s	-40° 57’ 02”
Star	HIP 8699	8.4268	01h 51m 55s	-40° 39’ 04”
Star	HIP 9381	7.3204	02h 00m 31s	-40° 43’ 48”
Star	HIP 8932	8.6198	01h 54m 58s	-40° 58’ 07”
Star	HIP 8732	7.7144	01h 52m 21s	-39° 24’ 58”

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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