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

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 43336	7.0682	08h 49m 43s	-05° 41’ 39”
Star	HIP 42674	7.6796	08h 41m 50s	-05° 36’ 38”
Star	HIP 43019	7.7716	08h 45m 59s	-06° 32’ 22”
Star	HIP 43397	6.8292	08h 50m 24s	-04° 11’ 50”
Star	HIP 43417	6.9824	08h 50m 36s	-04° 41’ 58”
Star	HIP 42880	8.3138	08h 44m 20s	-05° 05’ 41”
Star	HIP 42739	6.753	08h 42m 36s	-04° 24’ 36”
Star	HIP 42863	7.2894	08h 44m 04s	-04° 12’ 07”
Star	HIP 43165	8.1996	08h 47m 33s	-03° 57’ 16”
Star	HIP 43498	7.9694	08h 51m 35s	-05° 58’ 11”
Star	HIP 43072	8.784	08h 46m 23s	-04° 34’ 13”
Star	HIP 43181	8.1244	08h 47m 47s	-04° 02’ 02”
Star	HIP 43284	7.7312	08h 49m 03s	-05° 14’ 23”
Star	HIP 42759	8.4542	08h 42m 49s	-04° 37’ 24”
Star	HIP 43204	5.9682	08h 48m 04s	-06° 33’ 31”
Galaxy	PGC 24851	13.6	08h 50m 42s	-05° 00’ 34”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Eclipse comet (Comet C/1948 V1)

• 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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