C/1975 V1-A (West) live position and data

This page shows Comet West (C/1975 V1-A) 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 in the background 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 West (C/1975 V1-A) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 96782	8.529	19h 40m 21s	-15° 48’ 34”
Star	HIP 97063	5.45	19h 43m 33s	-15° 28’ 10”
Star	HIP 96779	8.6112	19h 40m 17s	-16° 52’ 41”
Star	HIP 96667	7.276	19h 39m 12s	-16° 54’ 28”
Star	HIP 96738	7.5926	19h 39m 54s	-14° 50’ 57”
Star	HIP 96950	5.037	19h 42m 31s	-16° 07’ 26”
Star	HIP 96217	7.9968	19h 33m 57s	-16° 16’ 25”
Star	HIP 96462	8.5282	19h 36m 41s	-17° 20’ 03”
Star	HIP 96255	6.7106	19h 34m 18s	-16° 22’ 27”
Star	HIP 96666	7.3524	19h 39m 12s	-16° 54’ 34”
Star	HIP 96808	5.1806	19h 40m 43s	-16° 17’ 35”
Star	HIP 96248	7.5656	19h 34m 15s	-16° 18’ 58”
Star	HIP 96736	6.7308	19h 39m 52s	-15° 10’ 02”

Additional resources

• 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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