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 87962	0	17h 58m 06s	-43° 24’ 22”
Star	HIP 87996	8.6494	17h 58m 27s	-44° 58’ 38”
Star	HIP 88310	8.5612	18h 02m 06s	-44° 26’ 26”
Star	HIP 88398	7.295	18h 03m 02s	-43° 27’ 46”
Star	HIP 88334	8.7988	18h 02m 24s	-45° 44’ 16”
Star	HIP 88777	8.4844	18h 07m 22s	-44° 09’ 25”
Star	HIP 88553	8.4142	18h 04m 53s	-44° 39’ 43”
Star	HIP 87947	8.2256	17h 57m 57s	-44° 47’ 31”
Star	HIP 88885	8.0368	18h 08m 45s	-45° 30’ 12”
Star	HIP 88475	7.819	18h 03m 55s	-45° 10’ 43”
Star	HIP 87957	7.747	17h 58m 05s	-45° 27’ 22”
Star	HIP 88912	8.5774	18h 08m 58s	-45° 07’ 07”
Star	HIP 88544	7.5008	18h 04m 49s	-45° 35’ 01”
Star	HIP 88549	8.6766	18h 04m 49s	-43° 50’ 24”
Star	HIP 88990	6.9232	18h 09m 48s	-44° 56’ 43”
Star	HIP 87767	7.7294	17h 55m 44s	-44° 55’ 48”
Star	HIP 88711	7.8624	18h 06m 36s	-43° 37’ 38”
Star	HIP 87846	4.7344	17h 56m 47s	-44° 20’ 31”

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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