C/1947 X1-A (Southern Comet) live position and data

This page shows Southern Comet (C/1947 X1-A) 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 Southern Comet (C/1947 X1-A) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 107906	0	21h 51m 44s	-05° 19’ 04”
Star	HIP 107993	6.5728	21h 52m 44s	-03° 59’ 31”
Star	HIP 107702	6.544	21h 49m 01s	-05° 24’ 13”
Star	HIP 108144	6.1982	21h 54m 35s	-03° 18’ 04”
Star	HIP 107787	8.6922	21h 50m 08s	-04° 17’ 50”
Star	HIP 108102	5.5862	21h 54m 10s	-04° 16’ 33”
Star	HIP 107585	6.8356	21h 47m 24s	-04° 36’ 31”
Star	HIP 107962	6.6208	21h 52m 21s	-03° 10’ 28”
Star	HIP 107434	8.1876	21h 45m 34s	-04° 25’ 57”
Star	HIP 107986	8.9856	21h 52m 36s	-05° 21’ 54”
Star	HIP 108173	8.018	21h 54m 58s	-04° 13’ 12”
Star	HIP 107501	7.8672	21h 46m 22s	-04° 07’ 39”
Star	HIP 108106	7.3836	21h 54m 11s	-05° 21’ 11”
Star	HIP 108289	7.3826	21h 56m 20s	-04° 45’ 22”

Additional resources

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

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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