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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):

TypeNameMagnitudeArDec
StarHIP 469008.464409h 33m 26s+18° 17’ 08”
StarHIP 472747.80309h 38m 04s+17° 21’ 19”
StarHIP 469868.792409h 34m 35s+17° 58’ 06”
StarHIP 474558.990409h 40m 24s+16° 58’ 07”
StarHIP 471895.60909h 37m 02s+16° 26’ 16”
StarHIP 468668.946809h 32m 59s+16° 29’ 41”
StarHIP 472627.824809h 37m 58s+16° 50’ 02”
StarHIP 477458.341209h 44m 00s+17° 40’ 24”
StarHIP 469998.96909h 34m 44s+16° 26’ 47”
StarHIP 471967.814609h 37m 07s+16° 13’ 33”
StarHIP 476678.568409h 43m 11s+17° 45’ 59”
StarHIP 475988.316609h 42m 18s+17° 04’ 55”
StarHIP 471388.435809h 36m 19s+17° 13’ 47”
StarHIP 473758.5609h 39m 08s+17° 28’ 04”
GalaxyNGC 294313.709h 38m 33s+17° 01’ 59”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet C/2018 X2 (Fitzsimmons)

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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