Neptune live position and data

This page shows Neptune 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 Neptune (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 114677	0	23h 13m 52s	-04° 49’ 26”
Star	HIP 115030	8.6924	23h 17m 53s	-04° 31’ 18”
Star	HIP 115257	6.0496	23h 20m 40s	-05° 54’ 28”
Star	HIP 115316	6.773	23h 21m 21s	-04° 40’ 21”
Star	HIP 114860	8.6936	23h 15m 56s	-06° 53’ 14”
Star	HIP 115260	8.0896	23h 20m 43s	-06° 37’ 26”
Star	HIP 114795	7.3856	23h 15m 12s	-06° 07’ 18”
Star	HIP 115142	5.5462	23h 19m 23s	-05° 07’ 27”
Star	HIP 114724	4.0752	23h 14m 19s	-06° 02’ 54”
Star	HIP 115311	7.1868	23h 21m 15s	-06° 11’ 32”
Star	HIP 114803	8.2844	23h 15m 20s	-04° 32’ 02”
Star	HIP 114977	7.4258	23h 17m 15s	-04° 26’ 06”
Star	HIP 115252	8.3808	23h 20m 38s	-06° 27’ 04”
Star	HIP 115105	8.7622	23h 18m 50s	-05° 05’ 58”
Galaxy	NGC 7576	13.7	23h 17m 22s	-04° 43’ 41”
Galaxy	NGC 7585	12.3	23h 18m 01s	-04° 39’ 02”
Galaxy	NGC 7596	12.9	23h 17m 12s	-06° 54’ 43”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Neptune

• 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:

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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