SpaceX Roadster live position and data

This page shows SpaceX Roadster (Starman) 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 SpaceX Roadster (Starman) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 8842	0	01h 53m 43s	+12° 02’ 23”
Star	HIP 8342	8.6528	01h 47m 36s	+13° 11’ 24”
Star	HIP 8539	8.4376	01h 50m 05s	+14° 21’ 04”
Star	HIP 8275	8.844	01h 46m 38s	+12° 24’ 43”
Star	HIP 8569	8.5168	01h 50m 30s	+12° 00’ 58”
Star	HIP 8426	8.9726	01h 48m 39s	+14° 03’ 40”
Star	HIP 8532	8.7214	01h 50m 01s	+14° 13’ 34”
Star	HIP 8827	7.02	01h 53m 29s	+12° 40’ 56”
Star	HIP 8754	7.965	01h 52m 37s	+12° 26’ 34”
Star	HIP 8335	8.391	01h 47m 29s	+12° 58’ 31”
Star	HIP 8041	8.5274	01h 43m 14s	+12° 57’ 17”
Star	HIP 8026	8.6586	01h 43m 02s	+12° 34’ 03”
Star	HIP 8703	8.8242	01h 51m 57s	+13° 25’ 37”
Galaxy	NGC 673	13.2	01h 48m 22s	+11° 31’ 23”
Galaxy	NGC 677	13.4	01h 49m 14s	+13° 03’ 17”
Galaxy	IC 1743	13.9	01h 52m 59s	+12° 42’ 28”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about SpaceX Roadster (Starman)

• 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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