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 94061	8.1152	19h 08m 56s	-17° 32’ 07”
Star	HIP 93464	7.9294	19h 02m 06s	-16° 51’ 19”
Star	HIP 93906	7.6354	19h 07m 18s	-17° 14’ 30”
Star	HIP 94224	7.3268	19h 10m 51s	-15° 04’ 40”
Star	HIP 94345	7.9784	19h 12m 09s	-16° 25’ 49”
Star	HIP 93763	5.9354	19h 05m 41s	-15° 39’ 37”
Star	HIP 94248	7.4046	19h 11m 05s	-15° 55’ 13”
Star	HIP 93501	8.3784	19h 02m 33s	-16° 35’ 53”
Star	HIP 94110	7.9864	19h 09m 24s	-16° 53’ 08”
Star	HIP 93855	5.9754	19h 06m 52s	-16° 13’ 45”
Star	HIP 94016	8.4238	19h 08m 29s	-15° 52’ 43”
Star	HIP 93952	8.7136	19h 07m 47s	-15° 07’ 19”
Star	HIP 93740	7.9872	19h 05m 14s	-16° 52’ 00”

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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