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 91040	7.5412	18h 34m 18s	-42° 35’ 26”
Star	HIP 90109	7.9444	18h 23m 19s	-42° 46’ 46”
Star	HIP 90579	8.7918	18h 28m 59s	-43° 07’ 29”
Star	HIP 90323	8.548	18h 25m 45s	-44° 06’ 18”
Star	HIP 90842	5.5556	18h 31m 56s	-43° 30’ 26”
Star	HIP 91106	8.2466	18h 35m 02s	-44° 30’ 13”
Star	HIP 90039	7.9574	18h 22m 21s	-42° 56’ 03”
Star	HIP 90782	7.6678	18h 31m 16s	-43° 50’ 43”
Star	HIP 90852	8.039	18h 32m 01s	-44° 35’ 38”
Star	HIP 90674	7.0682	18h 30m 04s	-43° 50’ 00”
Star	HIP 89936	6.6242	18h 21m 01s	-43° 46’ 29”
Star	HIP 90416	8.4666	18h 26m 55s	-42° 40’ 46”
Star	HIP 90200	5.2442	18h 24m 18s	-44° 06’ 36”
Star	HIP 90597	6.2728	18h 29m 12s	-43° 50’ 45”
Galaxy	ESO 280-13	13.9	18h 23m 18s	-43° 08’ 38”

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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