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Object: 260P/McNaught (open sky map)
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260P/McNaught Live Position Tracker
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).
Current close conjunctions
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 70883 | 8.743 | 14h 29m 45s | -34° 46’ 07” |
| Star | HIP 71179 | 6.8222 | 14h 33m 27s | -33° 18’ 57” |
| Star | HIP 70993 | 7.7792 | 14h 31m 13s | -34° 40’ 51” |
| Star | HIP 70926 | 7.5952 | 14h 30m 15s | -33° 37’ 08” |
| Star | HIP 71033 | 8.8536 | 14h 31m 40s | -32° 01’ 13” |
| Star | HIP 70405 | 6.7002 | 14h 24m 14s | -33° 05’ 12” |
| Star | HIP 71066 | 7.3712 | 14h 32m 00s | -32° 11’ 08” |
| Star | HIP 71059 | 8.9086 | 14h 31m 53s | -32° 27’ 09” |
| Star | HIP 70521 | 7.4534 | 14h 25m 31s | -32° 58’ 19” |
| Star | HIP 70603 | 7.0886 | 14h 26m 27s | -33° 15’ 00” |
| Star | HIP 70332 | 8.8484 | 14h 23m 24s | -32° 48’ 54” |
| Galaxy | ESO 385-30 | 13.0 | 14h 29m 19s | -33° 27’ 15” |
| Galaxy | ESO 385-33 | 13.3 | 14h 30m 15s | -34° 14’ 05” |
| Galaxy | ESO 385-28 | 14.0 | 14h 28m 31s | -34° 42’ 34” |
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:
- 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
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