This page shows Mars 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).
List of bright objects (stars brighter than magnitude 9.0 and galaxies brighter than magmitude 14.0) close to Mars (less than 1.5 degrees):
Type | Name | Magnitude | Ar | Dec |
Star | HIP 47211 | 8.0044 | 09h 37m 17s | +15° 15’ 09” |
Star | HIP 47723 | 5.2198 | 09h 43m 43s | +14° 01’ 18” |
Star | HIP 47597 | 8.627 | 09h 42m 18s | +14° 45’ 50” |
Star | HIP 47233 | 8.5936 | 09h 37m 38s | +15° 27’ 30” |
Star | HIP 47784 | 8.869 | 09h 44m 34s | +16° 24’ 49” |
Star | HIP 47557 | 7.8668 | 09h 41m 45s | +15° 45’ 18” |
Star | HIP 47368 | 8.3812 | 09h 39m 03s | +14° 25’ 19” |
Star | HIP 47266 | 6.5836 | 09h 38m 01s | +14° 20’ 50” |
Star | HIP 48006 | 8.7716 | 09h 47m 08s | +15° 31’ 42” |
Star | HIP 47887 | 8.7226 | 09h 45m 36s | +14° 53’ 12” |
Galaxy | NGC 2954 | 13.3 | 09h 40m 24s | +14° 55’ 18” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services:
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