284P/McNaught live position and data

This page shows Comet 284P/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 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 284P/McNaught (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 62917	7.5424	12h 53m 40s	+04° 14’ 16”
Star	HIP 63354	8.0974	12h 58m 55s	+05° 06’ 22”
Star	HIP 62585	7.5084	12h 49m 27s	+05° 10’ 20”
Star	HIP 62980	8.544	12h 54m 17s	+06° 10’ 43”
Star	HIP 63090	3.2742	12h 55m 36s	+03° 23’ 51”
Star	HIP 63062	7.6644	12h 55m 15s	+05° 18’ 01”
Galaxy	NGC 4713	12.1	12h 49m 58s	+05° 18’ 38”
Galaxy	NGC 4808	12.3	12h 55m 49s	+04° 18’ 14”
Galaxy	NGC 4765	13.4	12h 53m 14s	+04° 27’ 52”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 284P/McNaught

• 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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