C/2018 X2 (Fitzsimmons) live position and data

This page shows Comet C/2018 X2 (Fitzsimmons) 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/2018 X2 (Fitzsimmons) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 70090	4.0554	14h 20m 33s	-37° 53’ 06”
Star	HIP 69679	8.3336	14h 15m 48s	-37° 35’ 59”
Star	HIP 69660	8.7276	14h 15m 24s	-37° 57’ 31”
Star	HIP 69508	7.2534	14h 13m 46s	-36° 37’ 15”
Star	HIP 69812	8.3708	14h 17m 15s	-37° 56’ 55”
Star	HIP 69307	8.2036	14h 11m 09s	-37° 54’ 18”
Star	HIP 69272	8.6316	14h 10m 52s	-39° 11’ 09”
Star	HIP 69630	8.709	14h 15m 02s	-39° 11’ 19”
Star	HIP 69948	7.976	14h 18m 50s	-37° 19’ 47”
Star	HIP 69162	7.8812	14h 09m 26s	-38° 25’ 57”
Star	HIP 69200	7.8724	14h 10m 03s	-36° 59’ 38”
Star	HIP 69995	5.9238	14h 19m 23s	-37° 00’ 10”
Star	HIP 69525	8.9288	14h 13m 56s	-38° 05’ 46”
Star	HIP 68853	7.7064	14h 05m 56s	-37° 43’ 45”
Star	HIP 69889	7.6352	14h 18m 09s	-38° 53’ 04”
Star	HIP 69605	8.6506	14h 14m 45s	-38° 22’ 52”
Star	HIP 69263	8.3842	14h 10m 46s	-37° 01’ 03”
Galaxy	PGC 50658	14.0	14h 11m 18s	-37° 12’ 06”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet C/2018 X2 (Fitzsimmons)

• 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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