Voyager 2 live position and data

This page shows Voyager 2 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 Voyager 2 (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 100521	8.455	20h 22m 59s	-59° 29’ 53”
Star	HIP 99583	7.5622	20h 12m 34s	-58° 06’ 59”
Star	HIP 99615	8.8392	20h 12m 57s	-58° 46’ 44”
Star	HIP 99251	8.5738	20h 08m 50s	-60° 01’ 14”
Star	HIP 99970	7.5828	20h 16m 55s	-59° 38’ 35”
Star	HIP 98629	7.6802	20h 01m 55s	-59° 26’ 52”
Star	HIP 100333	7.8764	20h 20m 53s	-59° 02’ 08”
Star	HIP 99453	6.3792	20h 11m 07s	-57° 31’ 26”
Star	HIP 99512	8.2746	20h 11m 45s	-59° 56’ 12”
Star	HIP 99784	8.8666	20h 14m 44s	-57° 38’ 51”
Star	HIP 99626	8.4586	20h 13m 07s	-57° 28’ 41”
Star	HIP 98973	8.9214	20h 05m 38s	-59° 13’ 51”
Star	HIP 98608	4.9138	20h 01m 44s	-59° 22’ 32”
Star	HIP 98941	8.0958	20h 05m 19s	-59° 32’ 25”
Star	HIP 99341	7.8642	20h 09m 47s	-58° 00’ 25”
Star	HIP 99910	8.7294	20h 16m 17s	-58° 03’ 38”
Star	HIP 100305	7.204	20h 20m 38s	-58° 43’ 46”
Galaxy	IC 4938	13.4	20h 06m 10s	-60° 12’ 34”

Additional resources

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

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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