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 108542	7.0246	21h 59m 17s	-23° 50’ 00”
Star	HIP 108040	8.6268	21h 53m 20s	-24° 03’ 30”
Star	HIP 108306	7.5868	21h 56m 29s	-25° 29’ 58”
Star	HIP 108520	8.0534	21h 59m 06s	-25° 21’ 15”
Star	HIP 108785	7.3868	22h 02m 13s	-23° 36’ 59”
Star	HIP 108656	7.681	22h 00m 42s	-23° 17’ 49”
Star	HIP 108379	8.8552	21h 57m 25s	-22° 41’ 17”
Star	HIP 108243	7.7298	21h 55m 42s	-23° 03’ 10”
Star	HIP 108223	8.9942	21h 55m 29s	-25° 00’ 54”
Star	HIP 108219	8.266	21h 55m 27s	-23° 17’ 21”
Star	HIP 108325	8.4032	21h 56m 42s	-24° 00’ 24”
Star	HIP 108742	8.3134	22h 01m 40s	-24° 51’ 56”
Star	HIP 108540	7.3654	21h 59m 17s	-22° 52’ 18”
Star	HIP 108451	7.9524	21h 58m 11s	-23° 13’ 49”
Star	HIP 108705	7.9778	22h 01m 12s	-25° 00’ 38”
Star	HIP 108532	8.1972	21h 59m 12s	-23° 53’ 24”
Galaxy	NGC 7167	12.9	22h 00m 32s	-24° 37’ 33”

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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