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 104059	0	21h 04m 53s	-16° 57’ 14”
Star	HIP 104551	0	21h 10m 42s	-17° 28’ 24”
Star	HIP 104420	8.7108	21h 09m 10s	-16° 09’ 36”
Star	HIP 104139	4.0782	21h 05m 56s	-17° 13’ 57”
Star	HIP 104524	8.3634	21h 10m 22s	-16° 57’ 30”
Star	HIP 104863	8.3618	21h 14m 31s	-17° 54’ 17”
Star	HIP 104252	8.2018	21h 07m 15s	-16° 25’ 21”
Star	HIP 104792	7.9034	21h 13m 47s	-17° 33’ 56”
Star	HIP 104444	6.547	21h 09m 25s	-16° 36’ 56”
Star	HIP 104540	8.0368	21h 10m 32s	-18° 19’ 50”
Star	HIP 104600	8.5908	21h 11m 22s	-16° 01’ 35”
Star	HIP 104914	5.9566	21h 15m 06s	-17° 20’ 42”
Star	HIP 104297	6.1754	21h 07m 44s	-17° 27’ 20”
Star	HIP 104341	8.0904	21h 08m 13s	-16° 43’ 35”
Star	HIP 104553	8.908	21h 10m 43s	-17° 28’ 32”

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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