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 113998	6.0148	23h 05m 12s	-17° 04’ 44”
Star	HIP 113792	6.7812	23h 02m 37s	-18° 32’ 30”
Star	HIP 114244	8.746	23h 08m 15s	-17° 03’ 32”
Star	HIP 113744	8.8512	23h 02m 06s	-18° 28’ 02”
Star	HIP 113543	7.763	22h 59m 46s	-16° 23’ 53”
Star	HIP 113504	8.007	22h 59m 12s	-17° 09’ 34”
Star	HIP 113637	8.0972	23h 00m 51s	-16° 52’ 50”
Star	HIP 114010	6.7774	23h 05m 22s	-16° 53’ 54”
Star	HIP 114251	7.9798	23h 08m 18s	-16° 45’ 01”
Star	HIP 114446	8.8972	23h 10m 40s	-17° 33’ 40”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 284P/McNaught

• 15 Days Ephemerides
• Interactive Sky Map (Planetarium)
• Rise & Set Times
• Distance from Earth
• Light Curve

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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