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 60936	0	12h 29m 06s	+02° 03’ 08”
Star	HIP 60850	6.723	12h 28m 18s	+04° 23’ 47”
Star	HIP 61096	8.5324	12h 31m 17s	+02° 18’ 09”
Star	HIP 61637	6.3418	12h 38m 04s	+03° 16’ 56”
Star	HIP 61428	7.0036	12h 35m 16s	+02° 15’ 39”
Star	HIP 60843	8.205	12h 28m 16s	+03° 41’ 49”
Star	HIP 61304	7.619	12h 33m 37s	+04° 13’ 13”
Star	HIP 61037	7.2246	12h 30m 34s	+03° 30’ 29”
Star	HIP 61022	8.1098	12h 30m 21s	+04° 24’ 59”
Star	HIP 61088	8.0748	12h 31m 12s	+03° 33’ 45”
Star	HIP 60847	8.8842	12h 28m 17s	+03° 16’ 14”
Galaxy	NGC 4544	14.0	12h 35m 36s	+03° 02’ 13”
Galaxy	NGC 4536	11.1	12h 34m 26s	+02° 11’ 17”
Galaxy	NGC 4480	13.1	12h 30m 26s	+04° 14’ 53”
Galaxy	NGC 4457	11.7	12h 28m 59s	+03° 34’ 15”
Galaxy	NGC 4527	11.3	12h 34m 08s	+02° 39’ 12”
Galaxy	NGC 4496A	11.9	12h 31m 39s	+03° 56’ 21”

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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