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 78353	0	15h 59m 53s	-08° 15’ 11”
Star	HIP 78349	7.725	15h 59m 51s	-07° 01’ 36”
Star	HIP 78436	5.521	16h 00m 47s	-08° 24’ 40”
Star	HIP 77883	8.6768	15h 54m 19s	-08° 34’ 49”
Star	HIP 78003	6.8514	15h 55m 42s	-08° 38’ 50”
Star	HIP 78406	8.09	16h 00m 22s	-07° 48’ 28”
Star	HIP 78298	8.2104	15h 59m 15s	-08° 45’ 09”
Star	HIP 78354	8.5092	15h 59m 53s	-07° 53’ 16”
Star	HIP 78380	7.9184	16h 00m 02s	-07° 07’ 21”
Star	HIP 78333	6.6338	15h 59m 41s	-07° 18’ 07”
Star	HIP 78615	7.0944	16h 02m 58s	-08° 02’ 53”
Star	HIP 78244	8.3018	15h 58m 33s	-09° 00’ 12”

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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