294P/LINEAR live position and data

This page shows Comet 294P/LINEAR 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 294P/LINEAR (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 8043	0	01h 43m 15s	+27° 50’ 31”
Star	HIP 8151	7.7862	01h 44m 47s	+25° 47’ 48”
Star	HIP 8207	8.3284	01h 45m 33s	+27° 07’ 08”
Star	HIP 8216	8.7038	01h 45m 49s	+26° 23’ 58”
Star	HIP 8285	8.0776	01h 46m 44s	+25° 55’ 06”
Star	HIP 8300	7.3892	01h 47m 03s	+26° 10’ 05”
Star	HIP 8490	6.9062	01h 49m 27s	+26° 28’ 21”
Star	HIP 8522	8.5304	01h 49m 55s	+25° 44’ 46”
Star	HIP 8528	8.1226	01h 49m 59s	+27° 27’ 52”
Star	HIP 8545	8.1428	01h 50m 11s	+27° 01’ 59”
Star	HIP 8571	8.1998	01h 50m 32s	+27° 56’ 05”
Star	HIP 8600	8.1012	01h 50m 58s	+25° 51’ 04”
Star	HIP 8806	8.6732	01h 53m 11s	+28° 01’ 19”
Star	HIP 8812	7.7686	01h 53m 14s	+26° 02’ 41”
Galaxy	NGC 670	13.6	01h 47m 24s	+27° 53’ 08”
Galaxy	IC 1727	12.0	01h 47m 30s	+27° 19’ 51”
Galaxy	NGC 672	11.4	01h 47m 53s	+27° 26’ 00”
Galaxy	NGC 684	13.3	01h 50m 14s	+27° 38’ 52”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 294P/LINEAR

• 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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