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 30997	0	06h 30m 21s	+30° 57’ 45”
Star	HIP 31233	8.1996	06h 33m 04s	+30° 19’ 31”
Star	HIP 30273	7.0254	06h 22m 03s	+29° 57’ 51”
Star	HIP 30510	8.7398	06h 24m 48s	+30° 02’ 22”
Star	HIP 31036	8.077	06h 30m 45s	+29° 49’ 42”
Star	HIP 30561	8.7442	06h 25m 27s	+29° 34’ 16”
Star	HIP 30827	5.6734	06h 28m 34s	+30° 29’ 35”
Star	HIP 30747	6.8262	06h 27m 40s	+30° 38’ 42”
Star	HIP 30639	8.9282	06h 26m 20s	+29° 37’ 50”
Star	HIP 30855	8.9124	06h 28m 43s	+30° 17’ 07”
Star	HIP 30738	7.803	06h 27m 30s	+29° 38’ 31”
Star	HIP 30250	8.8778	06h 21m 48s	+31° 00’ 53”
Star	HIP 30779	7.3426	06h 28m 02s	+29° 14’ 30”
Star	HIP 30991	8.9736	06h 30m 17s	+31° 28’ 19”
Star	HIP 30518	6.7126	06h 24m 52s	+29° 42’ 25”
Star	HIP 30309	8.5908	06h 22m 28s	+30° 56’ 42”
Star	HIP 31357	8.4168	06h 34m 32s	+30° 57’ 16”

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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