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 103751	8.8348	21h 01m 26s	-18° 55’ 02”
Star	HIP 103762	8.0456	21h 01m 35s	-16° 26’ 08”
Star	HIP 103920	7.3252	21h 03m 20s	-17° 28’ 07”
Star	HIP 104139	4.0782	21h 05m 56s	-17° 13’ 57”
Star	HIP 103976	7.5036	21h 04m 01s	-18° 06’ 43”
Star	HIP 103521	8.3084	20h 58m 21s	-17° 01’ 01”
Star	HIP 103601	7.9472	20h 59m 27s	-16° 52’ 46”
Star	HIP 103825	7.8468	21h 02m 22s	-17° 18’ 37”
Star	HIP 104297	6.1754	21h 07m 44s	-17° 27’ 20”
Star	HIP 103703	5.9282	21h 00m 51s	-17° 31’ 51”
Star	HIP 103997	8.1634	21h 04m 13s	-18° 31’ 23”
Galaxy	IC 5078	13.6	21h 02m 31s	-16° 48’ 57”

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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