146P/Shoemaker-LINEAR live position and data

This page shows Comet 146P/Shoemaker-LINEAR 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 146P/Shoemaker-LINEAR (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 66033	7.8308	13h 32m 17s	+06° 21’ 12”
Star	HIP 66283	8.7914	13h 35m 06s	+06° 50’ 28”
Star	HIP 65862	6.0232	13h 30m 00s	+07° 10’ 43”
Star	HIP 65855	6.4138	13h 29m 57s	+06° 00’ 48”
Star	HIP 65563	8.7208	13h 26m 32s	+06° 25’ 23”
Star	HIP 65555	7.2132	13h 26m 25s	+05° 42’ 31”
Star	HIP 65717	8.9542	13h 28m 23s	+05° 06’ 24”
Star	HIP 66113	6.5356	13h 33m 09s	+05° 51’ 10”
Star	HIP 65887	7.5428	13h 30m 22s	+07° 24’ 54”
Star	HIP 65897	8.3952	13h 30m 29s	+07° 29’ 10”
Star	HIP 66270	8.6292	13h 34m 56s	+06° 27’ 08”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 146P/Shoemaker-LINEAR

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

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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