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Sun live position and data.
Right Ascension: 20.596643
Declination: -18.629764 (J2000) Magnitude: -26.78 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Capricornus
Sun Distance: 0 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 147301196 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 101525 | 7.81 | 20h 34m 27s | -19° 23’ 52” |
| Star | HIP 101984 | 4.9908 | 20h 40m 02s | -18° 08’ 18” |
| Star | HIP 101506 | 8.3798 | 20h 34m 10s | -19° 17’ 16” |
| Star | HIP 101922 | 7.7168 | 20h 39m 15s | -19° 16’ 42” |
| Star | HIP 102046 | 8.2064 | 20h 40m 49s | -18° 47’ 29” |
| Star | HIP 101249 | 8.1956 | 20h 31m 24s | -18° 04’ 54” |
| Star | HIP 101123 | 5.892 | 20h 29m 53s | -18° 34’ 58” |
| Star | HIP 101120 | 6.6586 | 20h 29m 52s | -18° 35’ 10” |
| Star | HIP 101596 | 8.3298 | 20h 35m 24s | -17° 47’ 17” |
| Star | HIP 101621 | 8.235 | 20h 35m 43s | -19° 05’ 08” |
| Star | HIP 102060 | 8.4276 | 20h 40m 58s | -17° 47’ 44” |
| Star | HIP 101405 | 8.6398 | 20h 33m 03s | -19° 18’ 18” |
| Galaxy | ESO 597-6 | 13.0 | 20h 32m 18s | -19° 43’ 59” |
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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