Mars Real Time Tracker |
Right Ascension: 16.568250
Declination: -22.296613 (J2000) Magnitude: 1.39 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Ophiucus
Sun Distance: 225945160 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 371878394 km [ km/s]
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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 80756 | 8.2746 | 16h 29m 19s | -21° 34’ 08” |
Star | HIP 81235 | 8.7946 | 16h 35m 29s | -21° 52’ 39” |
Star | HIP 81413 | 8.7316 | 16h 37m 38s | -22° 03’ 32” |
Star | HIP 81464 | 7.5108 | 16h 38m 19s | -22° 53’ 33” |
Star | HIP 80975 | 4.433 | 16h 32m 08s | -21° 27’ 59” |
Star | HIP 80937 | 8.4852 | 16h 31m 37s | -22° 48’ 04” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: