1P/Halley live position and data

This page shows Comet Halley (1P/Halley) 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 1P/Halley (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 40635	7.527	08h 17m 44s	+02° 47’ 36”
Star	HIP 41300	8.3294	08h 25m 35s	+03° 29’ 27”
Star	HIP 40938	7.2144	08h 21m 16s	+01° 03’ 50”
Star	HIP 40648	8.0314	08h 17m 51s	+02° 27’ 42”
Star	HIP 41062	8.9018	08h 22m 44s	+01° 01’ 44”
Star	HIP 40745	8.3256	08h 19m 03s	+02° 31’ 28”
Star	HIP 40774	8.281	08h 19m 19s	+01° 20’ 20”
Star	HIP 40783	8.9664	08h 19m 25s	+01° 36’ 10”
Star	HIP 40903	8.4074	08h 20m 48s	+01° 23’ 17”
Star	HIP 41299	5.5724	08h 25m 35s	+02° 06’ 08”
Star	HIP 41215	8.8504	08h 24m 36s	+01° 28’ 41”
Star	HIP 41315	6.4434	08h 25m 48s	+01° 34’ 27”
Star	HIP 41366	7.1574	08h 26m 20s	+02° 29’ 24”
Star	HIP 41012	6.6332	08h 22m 11s	+02° 09’ 05”
Star	HIP 40893	7.369	08h 20m 41s	+02° 39’ 53”
Star	HIP 40955	8.357	08h 21m 29s	+03° 38’ 40”
Star	HIP 41297	8.8882	08h 25m 33s	+00° 56’ 57”
Galaxy	IC 2327	14.0	08h 21m 28s	+03° 10’ 09”
Galaxy	PGC 23279	13.6	08h 18m 11s	+02° 18’ 36”
Galaxy	IC 503	13.9	08h 22m 10s	+03° 16’ 05”

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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