C/1965 S1 (Ikeya-Seki) live position and data

This page shows Comet Ikeya-Seki (C/1965 S1) 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 in the background 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 Comet Ikeya-Seki (C/1965 S1) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 32442	0	06h 46m 15s	-12° 52’ 52”
Star	HIP 32640	8.5236	06h 48m 32s	-11° 51’ 08”
Star	HIP 32637	7.0398	06h 48m 27s	-12° 50’ 26”
Star	HIP 32696	7.2538	06h 49m 15s	-12° 40’ 04”
Star	HIP 32160	7.7628	06h 42m 56s	-11° 45’ 57”
Star	HIP 32703	8.6218	06h 49m 21s	-13° 42’ 07”
Star	HIP 32134	8.3722	06h 42m 39s	-12° 56’ 26”
Star	HIP 32589	7.8492	06h 47m 57s	-13° 42’ 10”
Star	HIP 32585	7.6508	06h 47m 57s	-11° 06’ 30”
Star	HIP 32344	8.8412	06h 45m 06s	-11° 24’ 47”
Star	HIP 32786	7.1752	06h 50m 08s	-12° 35’ 05”
Star	HIP 32513	7.4268	06h 47m 07s	-12° 11’ 56”
Star	HIP 32629	8.2678	06h 48m 22s	-13° 27’ 49”
Star	HIP 33029	7.1196	06h 52m 54s	-12° 09’ 16”
Star	HIP 32932	8.5414	06h 51m 39s	-12° 42’ 48”
Star	HIP 32216	8.181	06h 43m 32s	-13° 11’ 45”
Star	HIP 32876	8.48	06h 51m 02s	-13° 13’ 54”

Additional resources

• 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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