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

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 83177	0	16h 59m 59s	-31° 35’ 36”
Star	HIP 83336	5.0298	17h 01m 52s	-32° 08’ 36”
Star	HIP 83355	8.3242	17h 02m 08s	-30° 39’ 06”
Star	HIP 83581	8.4072	17h 04m 56s	-31° 22’ 21”
Star	HIP 83241	8.7294	17h 00m 45s	-30° 30’ 58”
Star	HIP 83668	8.4054	17h 06m 02s	-31° 57’ 11”
Star	HIP 83325	7.6622	17h 01m 49s	-30° 46’ 44”
Star	HIP 83448	6.9798	17h 03m 17s	-31° 36’ 52”
Star	HIP 83079	7.726	16h 58m 35s	-30° 50’ 38”
Star	HIP 83465	8.7814	17h 03m 33s	-32° 36’ 50”
Star	HIP 83569	7.2918	17h 04m 46s	-31° 21’ 46”
Star	HIP 83035	8.6376	16h 58m 06s	-32° 04’ 03”
Star	HIP 83812	7.014	17h 07m 44s	-31° 04’ 39”
Star	HIP 83251	8.8502	17h 00m 55s	-31° 46’ 38”
Star	HIP 83798	8.8738	17h 07m 33s	-30° 35’ 37”

Additional resources

• 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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