C/2012 S1 (ISON) live position and data

This page shows Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) 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 Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type Name Magnitude Ar Dec Star HIP 36627 0 07h 31m 57s +36° 13’ 49” Star HIP 37182 0 07h 38m 22s +36° 41’ 41” Star HIP 37266 8.7894 07h 39m 10s +35° 51’ 42” Star HIP 36740 6.2772 07h 33m 24s +37° 11’ 16” Star HIP 36704 7.62 07h 33m 00s +37° 01’ 47” Star HIP 36742 8.2946 07h 33m 25s +37° 19’ 36” Star HIP 37021 8.1892 07h 36m 31s +35° 25’ 25” Star HIP 37141 8.1662 07h 37m 54s +36° 47’ 00” Star HIP 37589 8.42 07h 42m 48s +36° 36’ 24” Star HIP 37483 7.5652 07h 41m 41s +37° 25’ 48” Star HIP 37153 7.039 07h 38m 07s +38° 15’ 31” Star HIP 37005 8.372 07h 36m 18s +37° 55’ 52”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON)

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

Please see the acknowledgements section.