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Sun live position and data.
Right Ascension: 15.765431
Declination: -19.870503 (J2000) Magnitude: -26.77 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Libra
Sun Distance: 0 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 147787234 km [ km/s]
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Sun live position and data
This page shows The Sun 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 The Sun (less than 1.5 degrees):
| Type | Name | Magnitude | Ar | Dec |
| Star | HIP 76901 | 0 | 15h 42m 07s | -19° 28’ 09” |
| Star | HIP 77473 | 7.9234 | 15h 49m 06s | -18° 42’ 14” |
| Star | HIP 77165 | 7.5114 | 15h 45m 23s | -19° 06’ 26” |
| Star | HIP 77428 | 8.6474 | 15h 48m 22s | -20° 23’ 43” |
| Star | HIP 76714 | 6.7908 | 15h 39m 54s | -19° 46’ 08” |
| Star | HIP 76937 | 7.938 | 15h 42m 38s | -18° 36’ 25” |
| Star | HIP 77000 | 8.9566 | 15h 43m 19s | -21° 07’ 12” |
| Star | HIP 77338 | 7.7976 | 15h 47m 20s | -20° 28’ 08” |
| Star | HIP 76880 | 4.5934 | 15h 41m 56s | -19° 40’ 42” |
| Star | HIP 77677 | 7.6938 | 15h 51m 29s | -20° 35’ 14” |
| Star | HIP 77360 | 7.956 | 15h 47m 31s | -21° 14’ 01” |
| Star | HIP 76917 | 8.7672 | 15h 42m 19s | -19° 29’ 28” |
| Star | HIP 77521 | 7.7084 | 15h 49m 40s | -20° 46’ 38” |
Additional resources
Additional Resources about The Sun
- Sunspots Today
- 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:
- 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
- The Hipparcos Star Catalogue, containing more than 100.000 bright stars
- The PGC 2003 Catalogue, containing information about 1 million galaxies
- The GSC 2.3 Catalogue, containing information about more than 2 billion stars and galaxies
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