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 9030	8.6742	01h 56m 18s	-32° 29’ 07”
Star	HIP 9034	7.714	01h 56m 22s	-33° 43’ 52”
Star	HIP 9235	8.5424	01h 58m 44s	-32° 16’ 14”
Star	HIP 9058	8.582	01h 56m 38s	-32° 58’ 10”
Star	HIP 8807	8.11	01h 53m 11s	-32° 48’ 22”
Star	HIP 8761	8.8802	01h 52m 43s	-33° 14’ 24”
Star	HIP 9049	6.423	01h 56m 34s	-32° 08’ 18”
Star	HIP 8792	8.1592	01h 53m 02s	-33° 18’ 47”
Star	HIP 8784	8.005	01h 52m 59s	-32° 46’ 36”
Star	HIP 8698	8.708	01h 51m 54s	-31° 20’ 00”
Star	HIP 8436	8.8994	01h 48m 44s	-33° 36’ 55”
Star	HIP 8721	7.9466	01h 52m 11s	-32° 32’ 23”
Star	HIP 9207	6.2694	01h 58m 26s	-33° 04’ 00”
Star	HIP 8824	7.2416	01h 53m 26s	-33° 33’ 52”
Galaxy	IC 1759	13.8	01h 57m 55s	-32° 59’ 12”
Galaxy	IC 1734	13.4	01h 49m 16s	-32° 44’ 30”

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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