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 in the background 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 44604	8.8042	09h 05m 15s	+14° 14’ 42”
Star	HIP 44956	8.4376	09h 09m 31s	+13° 21’ 25”
Star	HIP 44539	8.4986	09h 04m 29s	+12° 13’ 07”
Star	HIP 44997	8.2804	09h 09m 53s	+14° 27’ 24”
Star	HIP 45028	8.7002	09h 10m 18s	+11° 56’ 32”
Star	HIP 44446	7.9808	09h 03m 18s	+14° 11’ 00”
Star	HIP 45107	8.3162	09h 11m 25s	+12° 53’ 27”
Star	HIP 45065	8.901	09h 10m 42s	+14° 15’ 32”
Star	HIP 44843	7.2148	09h 08m 12s	+11° 56’ 54”
Star	HIP 44581	7.2712	09h 04m 58s	+13° 20’ 38”
Star	HIP 44831	7.139	09h 08m 06s	+14° 02’ 33”

Additional resources

• 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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