Saturn live position and data

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

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 84893	0	17h 21m 00s	-21° 06’ 44”
Star	HIP 84936	8.6612	17h 21m 31s	-22° 55’ 33”
Star	HIP 85121	8.779	17h 23m 48s	-21° 38’ 27”
Star	HIP 85176	8.601	17h 24m 23s	-22° 48’ 03”
Star	HIP 85207	5.7456	17h 24m 42s	-21° 26’ 29”
Star	HIP 85247	8.7398	17h 25m 11s	-21° 53’ 43”
Star	HIP 85285	8.3222	17h 25m 36s	-21° 37’ 54”
Star	HIP 85315	8.15	17h 26m 01s	-23° 10’ 17”
Star	HIP 85376	7.0944	17h 26m 42s	-21° 28’ 09”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Saturn

• 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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