260P/McNaught Real Time Position & Data |
Right Ascension: 11.959395
Declination: -6.576377 (J2000) Magnitude: 26.28 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Virgo
Sun Distance: 868353688 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 801525669 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 30 Sep 2019 18:19 UTC [] |
This page shows Comet 260P/McNaught 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 260P/McNaught (less than 1.5 degrees):
Type | Name | Magnitude | Ar | Dec |
Star | HIP 57959 | 0 | 11h 53m 16s | -07° 22’ 23” |
Star | HIP 58044 | 8.615 | 11h 54m 14s | -07° 23’ 01” |
Star | HIP 58728 | 8.7662 | 12h 02m 45s | -06° 27’ 57” |
Star | HIP 58440 | 8.0308 | 11h 59m 01s | -06° 39’ 13” |
Star | HIP 58505 | 8.5834 | 11h 59m 54s | -07° 38’ 30” |
Star | HIP 58420 | 8.5698 | 11h 58m 41s | -08° 00’ 28” |
Galaxy | NGC 3967 | 11.5 | 11h 55m 10s | -07° 50’ 38” |
Galaxy | NGC 3959 | 14.0 | 11h 54m 37s | -07° 45’ 24” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: