Mercury Real Time Tracker |
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Right Ascension: 18.145144
Declination: -25.706956 (J2000) Magnitude: -0.39 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Sagittarius
Sun Distance: 56175023 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 154808431 km [ km/s]
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Mercury live position and data
This page shows Mercury 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 Mercury (less than 1.5 degrees):
| Type | Name | Magnitude | Ar | Dec |
| Star | HIP 89180 | 0 | 18h 12m 01s | -26° 39’ 29” |
| Star | HIP 88541 | 7.1646 | 18h 04m 48s | -25° 36’ 20” |
| Star | HIP 88978 | 8.4298 | 18h 09m 41s | -24° 42’ 55” |
| Star | HIP 88440 | 8.269 | 18h 03m 22s | -25° 54’ 58” |
| Star | HIP 89097 | 6.534 | 18h 11m 05s | -25° 45’ 44” |
| Star | HIP 88560 | 7.3544 | 18h 04m 58s | -24° 40’ 50” |
| Star | HIP 88695 | 8.8764 | 18h 06m 24s | -26° 11’ 55” |
| Star | HIP 89307 | 7.817 | 18h 13m 22s | -25° 09’ 04” |
| Star | HIP 88908 | 8.7492 | 18h 08m 54s | -25° 28’ 17” |
| Star | HIP 88463 | 8.976 | 18h 03m 44s | -25° 18’ 45” |
| Star | HIP 89049 | 7.5572 | 18h 10m 33s | -26° 01’ 58” |
| Star | HIP 89435 | 7.9786 | 18h 15m 11s | -25° 47’ 20” |
| Star | HIP 88905 | 6.7118 | 18h 08m 54s | -25° 28’ 22” |
| Star | HIP 88798 | 8.242 | 18h 07m 34s | -25° 34’ 11” |
| Star | HIP 88937 | 7.5968 | 18h 09m 15s | -26° 06’ 57” |
Additional resources
- 15 Days Ephemerides
- Interactive Sky Map (Planetarium)
- Rise & Set Times
- Distance from Earth
- Light Curve
Astronomy databases
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services:
- 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
- The Hipparcos Star Catalogue, containing more than 100.000 bright stars
- The PGC 2003 Catalogue, containing information about 1 million galaxies
- The GSC 2.3 Catalogue, containing information about more than 2 billion stars and galaxies
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