Pioneer 11 live position and data

This page shows Pioneer 11 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 Pioneer 11 (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 92995	7.7512	18h 56m 44s	-08° 25’ 44”
Star	HIP 92740	7.0162	18h 53m 55s	-09° 22’ 13”
Star	HIP 92674	6.3086	18h 53m 01s	-09° 34’ 32”
Star	HIP 92843	8.1804	18h 55m 05s	-08° 48’ 39”
Star	HIP 93208	7.5536	18h 59m 07s	-08° 58’ 13”
Star	HIP 93076	8.8412	18h 57m 35s	-10° 00’ 57”
Star	HIP 93504	7.998	19h 02m 35s	-08° 55’ 39”
Star	HIP 93216	8.0506	18h 59m 15s	-08° 09’ 31”
Star	HIP 92874	8.8136	18h 55m 27s	-08° 11’ 10”
Star	HIP 93298	8.7174	19h 00m 13s	-08° 23’ 43”

Additional resources

• 15 Days Ephemerides
• Interactive Sky Map (Planetarium)
• Rise & Set Times
• Distance from Earth

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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