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 80974	6.973	16h 32m 08s	-12° 25’ 53”
Star	HIP 81462	8.151	16h 38m 17s	-14° 40’ 51”
Star	HIP 81339	7.6646	16h 36m 45s	-13° 43’ 15”
Star	HIP 81532	8.5264	16h 39m 11s	-12° 20’ 08”
Star	HIP 81069	7.1788	16h 33m 31s	-12° 33’ 36”
Star	HIP 81067	8.5162	16h 33m 29s	-14° 09’ 56”
Star	HIP 81330	8.8916	16h 36m 38s	-14° 14’ 05”
Star	HIP 81098	7.6408	16h 33m 51s	-14° 27’ 59”
Star	HIP 81306	7.9146	16h 36m 22s	-14° 38’ 29”
Star	HIP 81047	7.5248	16h 33m 12s	-12° 47’ 55”
Star	HIP 81705	8.663	16h 41m 22s	-13° 23’ 42”

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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