118P/Shoemaker-Levy Real Time Tracker |
Right Ascension: 15.358600
Declination: -4.462332 (J2000) Magnitude: 21.03 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Libra
Sun Distance: 583516806 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 436646068 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 10 Feb 2029 22:50 UTC [] |
This page shows Comet 118P/Shoemaker-Levy 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).
List of bright objects (stars brighter than magnitude 9.0 and galaxies brighter than magmitude 14.0) close to Comet 118P/Shoemaker-Levy (less than 1.5 degrees):
Type | Name | Magnitude | Ar | Dec |
Star | HIP 74845 | 7.7366 | 15h 17m 42s | -04° 29’ 40” |
Star | HIP 75309 | 8.2932 | 15h 23m 10s | -03° 16’ 03” |
Star | HIP 74952 | 8.22 | 15h 18m 57s | -04° 32’ 44” |
Star | HIP 75211 | 8.1088 | 15h 22m 11s | -05° 36’ 18” |
Star | HIP 75396 | 8.647 | 15h 24m 21s | -05° 05’ 55” |
Star | HIP 74703 | 7.2428 | 15h 16m 01s | -04° 53’ 52” |
Star | HIP 74842 | 7.1838 | 15h 17m 41s | -05° 12’ 08” |
Star | HIP 75127 | 5.4268 | 15h 21m 07s | -05° 49’ 29” |
Star | HIP 74989 | 8.9152 | 15h 19m 25s | -03° 49’ 02” |
Star | HIP 75084 | 6.5112 | 15h 20m 36s | -05° 07’ 11” |
Star | HIP 74804 | 8.3608 | 15h 17m 15s | -04° 11’ 03” |
Galaxy | PGC 54944 | 13.6 | 15h 23m 20s | -04° 09’ 06” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: