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 100811	7.285	20h 26m 25s	-32° 19’ 43”
Star	HIP 101106	8.571	20h 29m 41s	-33° 01’ 35”
Star	HIP 101368	7.7604	20h 32m 42s	-31° 22’ 56”
Star	HIP 100829	7.7528	20h 26m 39s	-30° 40’ 32”
Star	HIP 100939	8.6148	20h 27m 58s	-31° 14’ 47”
Star	HIP 100905	8.5878	20h 27m 33s	-32° 19’ 16”
Star	HIP 101225	8.9448	20h 31m 06s	-30° 42’ 31”
Star	HIP 101177	8.889	20h 30m 28s	-33° 09’ 19”
Star	HIP 100925	6.5642	20h 27m 44s	-30° 51’ 59”
Star	HIP 101191	8.6216	20h 30m 40s	-31° 17’ 16”
Galaxy	NGC 6925	12.1	20h 34m 20s	-31° 58’ 50”
Galaxy	NGC 6923	12.7	20h 31m 38s	-30° 50’ 00”

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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