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 in the background 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 6342	0	01h 21m 29s	+24° 19’ 49”
Star	HIP 6472	8.2052	01h 23m 15s	+24° 31’ 11”
Star	HIP 6192	8.4666	01h 19m 26s	+24° 24’ 12”
Star	HIP 6830	8.3254	01h 27m 54s	+25° 40’ 55”
Star	HIP 6091	8.0862	01h 18m 12s	+23° 52’ 35”
Star	HIP 6773	7.0424	01h 27m 05s	+25° 26’ 23”
Star	HIP 6929	8.4018	01h 29m 16s	+25° 01’ 27”
Star	HIP 6529	8.2372	01h 23m 51s	+25° 55’ 30”
Star	HIP 6354	8.5234	01h 21m 35s	+24° 49’ 22”
Star	HIP 6308	7.84	01h 21m 03s	+25° 09’ 31”
Star	HIP 6669	6.1554	01h 25m 35s	+23° 30’ 41”
Galaxy	UGC 905	13.7	01h 21m 49s	+23° 46’ 41”

Additional resources

• 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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