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 19337	0	04h 08m 37s	+33° 38’ 12”
Star	HIP 19306	7.494	04h 08m 18s	+32° 27’ 35”
Star	HIP 19178	7.0328	04h 06m 39s	+32° 23’ 06”
Star	HIP 19336	7.8442	04h 08m 36s	+33° 43’ 44”
Star	HIP 19686	8.337	04h 13m 00s	+33° 44’ 32”
Star	HIP 19317	8.537	04h 08m 27s	+31° 31’ 57”
Star	HIP 19876	7.9976	04h 15m 45s	+31° 23’ 50”
Star	HIP 19039	6.87	04h 04m 43s	+32° 34’ 16”
Star	HIP 19679	6.5192	04h 12m 58s	+32° 31’ 57”
Star	HIP 19525	5.5958	04h 10m 59s	+33° 35’ 12”
Star	HIP 19618	8.529	04h 12m 13s	+32° 11’ 12”
Star	HIP 19883	7.3166	04h 15m 55s	+31° 41’ 35”
Star	HIP 19428	6.8438	04h 09m 38s	+31° 39’ 07”
Star	HIP 19201	6.7218	04h 06m 55s	+33° 26’ 46”
Star	HIP 19576	7.693	04h 11m 41s	+31° 33’ 02”
Star	HIP 20072	7.676	04h 18m 14s	+32° 23’ 26”
Star	HIP 19416	8.5446	04h 09m 28s	+33° 46’ 01”

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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