C/1948 V1 (Eclipse comet) live position and data

This page shows Eclipse comet (Comet C/1948 V1) 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 Eclipse comet (Comet C/1948 V1) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 42674	7.6796	08h 41m 50s	-05° 36’ 38”
Star	HIP 42408	8.1314	08h 38m 49s	-05° 56’ 52”
Star	HIP 42299	6.0704	08h 37m 27s	-04° 56’ 02”
Star	HIP 42880	8.3138	08h 44m 20s	-05° 05’ 41”
Star	HIP 42739	6.753	08h 42m 36s	-04° 24’ 36”
Star	HIP 42960	8.332	08h 45m 24s	-03° 40’ 53”
Star	HIP 42461	7.8212	08h 39m 24s	-04° 51’ 37”
Star	HIP 42863	7.2894	08h 44m 04s	-04° 12’ 07”
Star	HIP 42634	7.4934	08h 41m 18s	-04° 48’ 31”
Star	HIP 42586	8.2208	08h 40m 46s	-04° 13’ 20”
Star	HIP 43072	8.784	08h 46m 23s	-04° 34’ 13”
Star	HIP 42561	7.9248	08h 40m 33s	-03° 58’ 50”
Star	HIP 42759	8.4542	08h 42m 49s	-04° 37’ 24”
Star	HIP 42464	7.7594	08h 39m 26s	-04° 01’ 44”
Galaxy	PGC 24353	14.0	08h 39m 41s	-04° 22’ 39”
Galaxy	NGC 2642	13.3	08h 40m 44s	-04° 07’ 18”

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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