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Neptune live position and data.
Right Ascension: 23.476788
Declination: -4.609424 (J2000) Magnitude: 7.81 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Aquarius
Sun Distance: 4475931730 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 4580033134 km [ km/s]
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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 115720 | 8.1692 | 23h 26m 39s | -05° 13’ 55” |
| Star | HIP 116106 | 6.4456 | 23h 31m 31s | -04° 05’ 12” |
| Star | HIP 116294 | 8.9632 | 23h 33m 46s | -05° 07’ 56” |
| Star | HIP 116092 | 8.8268 | 23h 31m 24s | -04° 15’ 05” |
| Star | HIP 115852 | 8.081 | 23h 28m 16s | -05° 49’ 04” |
| Star | HIP 115953 | 6.1524 | 23h 29m 31s | -04° 31’ 55” |
| Star | HIP 115892 | 6.826 | 23h 28m 46s | -05° 23’ 21” |
| Star | HIP 116057 | 7.945 | 23h 30m 57s | -05° 03’ 38” |
| Star | HIP 116266 | 6.8836 | 23h 33m 28s | -04° 24’ 04” |
| Star | HIP 115599 | 8.7204 | 23h 24m 59s | -05° 12’ 42” |
| Galaxy | NGC 7692 | 14.0 | 23h 32m 46s | -05° 35’ 48” |
| Galaxy | IC 1498 | 13.8 | 23h 31m 53s | -05° 00’ 24” |
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:
- 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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