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 62231	0	12h 45m 15s	+06° 14’ 12”
Star	HIP 62411	0	12h 47m 25s	+08° 16’ 14”
Star	HIP 62267	5.187	12h 45m 37s	+07° 40’ 23”
Star	HIP 62741	7.5496	12h 51m 20s	+08° 12’ 37”
Star	HIP 62376	6.3036	12h 47m 02s	+05° 57’ 01”
Star	HIP 62517	8.7262	12h 48m 42s	+06° 54’ 23”
Star	HIP 62404	8.2978	12h 47m 19s	+06° 51’ 40”
Star	HIP 62165	8.6736	12h 44m 25s	+07° 59’ 50”
Star	HIP 62397	8.327	12h 47m 14s	+07° 00’ 28”
Star	HIP 62784	7.7012	12h 51m 55s	+07° 54’ 16”
Star	HIP 62942	8.1582	12h 53m 54s	+06° 45’ 45”
Star	HIP 62660	7.2032	12h 50m 20s	+06° 13’ 37”
Star	HIP 62112	8.1054	12h 43m 47s	+07° 33’ 30”
Star	HIP 62453	8.0838	12h 47m 57s	+08° 31’ 00”
Star	HIP 62156	8.591	12h 44m 20s	+06° 51’ 17”
Star	HIP 62697	8.2566	12h 50m 49s	+08° 05’ 57”
Galaxy	NGC 4698	11.5	12h 48m 23s	+08° 29’ 16”
Galaxy	UGC 7943	13.7	12h 46m 44s	+05° 57’ 37”

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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