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 114860	8.6936	23h 15m 56s	-06° 53’ 14”
Star	HIP 114795	7.3856	23h 15m 12s	-06° 07’ 18”
Star	HIP 114218	8.4296	23h 07m 50s	-05° 41’ 51”
Star	HIP 114310	8.522	23h 09m 01s	-05° 20’ 30”
Star	HIP 114493	8.7432	23h 11m 17s	-05° 05’ 55”
Star	HIP 114424	7.2694	23h 10m 24s	-07° 48’ 41”
Star	HIP 114323	7.8342	23h 09m 11s	-07° 18’ 50”
Star	HIP 114724	4.0752	23h 14m 19s	-06° 02’ 54”
Star	HIP 114257	8.268	23h 08m 22s	-07° 16’ 01”
Star	HIP 114445	6.9716	23h 10m 39s	-05° 57’ 36”
Star	HIP 114370	8.5476	23h 09m 48s	-07° 05’ 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:

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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