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 1295	0	00h 16m 14s	+19° 51’ 44”
Star	HIP 1559	7.5718	00h 19m 23s	+19° 59’ 56”
Star	HIP 996	8.1086	00h 12m 28s	+20° 14’ 03”
Star	HIP 1468	8.8984	00h 18m 18s	+19° 24’ 15”
Star	HIP 1429	6.8034	00h 17m 51s	+20° 13’ 37”
Star	HIP 1051	8.7226	00h 13m 05s	+20° 11’ 25”
Star	HIP 1482	8.7864	00h 18m 27s	+21° 28’ 39”
Star	HIP 1829	8.3824	00h 23m 11s	+20° 05’ 09”
Star	HIP 1956	7.7244	00h 24m 44s	+20° 04’ 15”
Star	HIP 1070	8.7188	00h 13m 17s	+19° 31’ 16”
Star	HIP 1168	4.657	00h 14m 36s	+20° 12’ 24”

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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