255P/Levy Real Time Tracker |
Right Ascension: 18.323042
Declination: -25.886617 (J2000) Magnitude: 39.76 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Sagittarius
Sun Distance: 695492029 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 567732901 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 10 Jan 2012 15:28 UTC [] |
This page shows Comet 255P/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 255P/Levy (less than 1.5 degrees):
Type | Name | Magnitude | Ar | Dec |
Star | HIP 90128 | 7.6646 | 18h 23m 33s | -26° 10’ 17” |
Star | HIP 89732 | 7.7656 | 18h 18m 41s | -25° 56’ 06” |
Star | HIP 89678 | 4.4872 | 18h 18m 03s | -27° 02’ 33” |
Star | HIP 89731 | 6.3602 | 18h 18m 41s | -25° 36’ 16” |
Star | HIP 89954 | 6.8914 | 18h 21m 12s | -26° 05’ 06” |
Star | HIP 89435 | 7.9786 | 18h 15m 11s | -25° 47’ 20” |
Star | HIP 89980 | 6.0712 | 18h 21m 31s | -24° 54’ 54” |
Star | HIP 90184 | 7.3942 | 18h 24m 10s | -26° 26’ 50” |
Star | HIP 90019 | 8.8826 | 18h 22m 06s | -25° 14’ 23” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: