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 117993	8.625	23h 56m 01s	+24° 29’ 31”
Star	HIP 117535	7.5412	23h 50m 10s	+24° 51’ 28”
Star	HIP 117512	8.4978	23h 49m 51s	+26° 09’ 15”
Star	HIP 118131	4.5088	23h 57m 45s	+25° 08’ 29”
Star	HIP 117415	7.0254	23h 48m 31s	+25° 39’ 14”
Star	HIP 117778	7.4012	23h 53m 07s	+25° 59’ 55”
Star	HIP 117578	8.3046	23h 50m 41s	+25° 17’ 59”
Star	HIP 117534	8.1846	23h 50m 10s	+23° 47’ 48”
Star	HIP 118005	8.6828	23h 56m 07s	+25° 20’ 26”
Star	HIP 117480	8.0626	23h 49m 18s	+25° 20’ 46”
Star	HIP 117939	6.3478	23h 55m 23s	+25° 57’ 18”
Star	HIP 117332	6.6554	23h 47m 29s	+25° 34’ 46”
Star	HIP 117972	8.9774	23h 55m 41s	+25° 08’ 39”
Star	HIP 118193	8.3194	23h 58m 28s	+24° 23’ 43”
Star	HIP 117484	8.1128	23h 49m 21s	+23° 52’ 28”
Star	HIP 117856	7.927	23h 54m 18s	+25° 08’ 00”

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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