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 28894	7.7618	06h 06m 00s	+12° 28’ 45”
Star	HIP 28538	7.7772	06h 01m 29s	+13° 07’ 53”
Star	HIP 29121	8.8008	06h 08m 27s	+13° 55’ 51”
Star	HIP 28813	6.6828	06h 04m 58s	+14° 23’ 20”
Star	HIP 29000	6.9362	06h 07m 08s	+14° 26’ 57”
Star	HIP 28433	6.799	06h 00m 17s	+12° 36’ 41”
Star	HIP 29106	8.1018	06h 08m 18s	+13° 58’ 17”
Star	HIP 28663	8.2582	06h 03m 08s	+14° 21’ 54”
Star	HIP 28302	5.65	05h 58m 53s	+12° 48’ 29”
Star	HIP 28903	8.4536	06h 06m 06s	+13° 32’ 13”
Star	HIP 29038	4.4224	06h 07m 34s	+14° 46’ 06”
Star	HIP 28621	6.7908	06h 02m 33s	+13° 01’ 31”
Star	HIP 28673	7.4008	06h 03m 15s	+12° 37’ 03”
Star	HIP 29127	8.5536	06h 08m 32s	+13° 58’ 00”
Star	HIP 28345	8.0864	05h 59m 22s	+13° 44’ 07”
Star	HIP 28709	8.3366	06h 03m 48s	+13° 06’ 35”
Star	HIP 29126	7.2098	06h 08m 30s	+13° 58’ 15”
Star	HIP 28620	7.86	06h 02m 30s	+13° 17’ 23”
Star	HIP 28314	8.411	05h 58m 57s	+14° 21’ 07”

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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