327P/Van Ness live position and data

This page shows Comet 327P/Van Ness 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 327P/Van Ness (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 73858	8.4662	15h 05m 40s	+20° 23’ 35”
Star	HIP 73997	8.8084	15h 07m 19s	+19° 51’ 38”
Star	HIP 73355	8.4282	14h 59m 27s	+20° 22’ 16”
Star	HIP 73632	8.666	15h 03m 05s	+19° 05’ 21”
Star	HIP 73610	8.7714	15h 02m 45s	+20° 26’ 27”
Star	HIP 73577	8.696	15h 02m 19s	+19° 23’ 26”
Star	HIP 73748	7.533	15h 04m 29s	+19° 50’ 28”
Galaxy	UGC 9622	14.0	14h 57m 21s	+19° 40’ 15”
Galaxy	NGC 5859	13.3	15h 07m 35s	+19° 34’ 55”
Galaxy	NGC 5857	13.8	15h 07m 27s	+19° 35’ 57”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 327P/Van Ness

• 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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