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 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 327P/Van Ness (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 31344	6.444	06h 34m 21s	-03° 04’ 26”
Star	HIP 32024	7.6448	06h 41m 23s	-02° 20’ 58”
Star	HIP 31476	7.9192	06h 35m 33s	-03° 58’ 57”
Star	HIP 32042	8.4554	06h 41m 38s	-01° 54’ 11”
Star	HIP 31234	8.249	06h 33m 04s	-01° 41’ 59”
Star	HIP 31733	5.985	06h 38m 20s	-02° 32’ 38”
Star	HIP 31874	6.7818	06h 39m 46s	-01° 22’ 48”
Star	HIP 31930	8.359	06h 40m 21s	-03° 22’ 09”
Star	HIP 31480	7.4702	06h 35m 35s	-02° 14’ 33”
Star	HIP 32116	7.944	06h 42m 29s	-03° 18’ 18”
Star	HIP 31629	7.1108	06h 37m 05s	-02° 10’ 44”
Star	HIP 31517	7.5894	06h 35m 57s	-03° 58’ 39”
Star	HIP 31628	8.7742	06h 37m 05s	-02° 53’ 12”
Star	HIP 31342	7.3288	06h 34m 20s	-02° 54’ 20”
Star	HIP 31904	7.6202	06h 40m 05s	-02° 21’ 42”
Star	HIP 31942	8.5636	06h 40m 30s	-03° 31’ 28”
Star	HIP 31614	8.3406	06h 37m 00s	-03° 35’ 35”
Star	HIP 32191	7.7026	06h 43m 13s	-02° 45’ 05”
Star	HIP 31136	8.692	06h 31m 57s	-02° 46’ 56”

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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