1566 Icarus live position and data

This page shows Asteroid 1566 Icarus 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 Asteroid 1566 Icarus (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 106600	7.8864	21h 35m 22s	-23° 07’ 04”
Star	HIP 106590	6.2778	21h 35m 15s	-23° 27’ 15”
Star	HIP 106368	8.1946	21h 32m 37s	-24° 09’ 15”
Star	HIP 106181	8.3656	21h 30m 23s	-24° 25’ 38”
Star	HIP 106273	7.8808	21h 31m 32s	-22° 00’ 39”
Star	HIP 106039	4.4246	21h 28m 43s	-21° 48’ 25”
Star	HIP 105815	6.3976	21h 25m 48s	-23° 49’ 19”
Star	HIP 106025	8.8172	21h 28m 28s	-23° 37’ 05”
Star	HIP 105948	7.5786	21h 27m 25s	-23° 36’ 57”
Star	HIP 106371	8.708	21h 32m 39s	-21° 46’ 35”
Star	HIP 105789	8.4638	21h 25m 28s	-23° 34’ 52”
Star	HIP 105881	3.6494	21h 26m 40s	-22° 24’ 40”
Star	HIP 106454	8.8574	21h 33m 39s	-21° 58’ 09”
Galaxy	ESO 531-2	13.7	21h 32m 26s	-23° 56’ 53”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Asteroid 1566 Icarus

• 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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