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 74845	7.7366	15h 17m 42s	-04° 29’ 40”
Star	HIP 74952	8.22	15h 18m 57s	-04° 32’ 44”
Star	HIP 75211	8.1088	15h 22m 11s	-05° 36’ 18”
Star	HIP 75396	8.647	15h 24m 21s	-05° 05’ 55”
Star	HIP 74703	7.2428	15h 16m 01s	-04° 53’ 52”
Star	HIP 74842	7.1838	15h 17m 41s	-05° 12’ 08”
Star	HIP 75127	5.4268	15h 21m 07s	-05° 49’ 29”
Star	HIP 75593	8.5292	15h 26m 38s	-05° 39’ 20”
Star	HIP 75084	6.5112	15h 20m 36s	-05° 07’ 11”
Star	HIP 75158	7.3728	15h 21m 32s	-06° 49’ 35”
Star	HIP 75325	7.2504	15h 23m 26s	-06° 36’ 36”
Star	HIP 75131	7.237	15h 21m 09s	-06° 36’ 45”
Star	HIP 75474	7.2352	15h 25m 04s	-06° 14’ 44”
Galaxy	PGC 54944	13.6	15h 23m 20s	-04° 09’ 06”

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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