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 14470	8.942	03h 06m 45s	-01° 35’ 55”
Star	HIP 14494	6.862	03h 07m 12s	-01° 48’ 09”
Star	HIP 14680	8.764	03h 09m 38s	-01° 00’ 13”
Star	HIP 14736	7.3218	03h 10m 18s	-01° 41’ 40”
Star	HIP 14758	7.2378	03h 10m 35s	+00° 12’ 45”
Star	HIP 14841	6.9462	03h 11m 40s	-00° 29’ 38”
Star	HIP 14875	6.916	03h 12m 02s	+00° 06’ 27”
Star	HIP 14888	7.5578	03h 12m 09s	-00° 14’ 42”
Star	HIP 14894	8.217	03h 12m 14s	-00° 56’ 45”
Star	HIP 14912	8.8474	03h 12m 25s	-00° 50’ 55”
Star	HIP 14954	5.0184	03h 12m 46s	-01° 11’ 45”
Star	HIP 14999	8.4586	03h 13m 21s	+00° 10’ 27”
Star	HIP 15158	8.5592	03h 15m 22s	-01° 10’ 42”
Star	HIP 15174	8.422	03h 15m 31s	-00° 28’ 45”
Galaxy	NGC 1211	13.3	03h 06m 52s	-00° 47’ 48”

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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