378P/McNaught live position and data

This page shows Comet 378P/McNaught 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 378P/McNaught (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 117697	0	23h 52m 10s	-19° 39’ 16”
Star	HIP 117611	8.4518	23h 51m 09s	-19° 02’ 58”
Star	HIP 117910	8.32	23h 54m 58s	-20° 02’ 44”
Star	HIP 117734	6.822	23h 52m 39s	-18° 33’ 42”
Star	HIP 117905	8.7896	23h 54m 54s	-19° 07’ 49”
Star	HIP 117544	8.688	23h 50m 15s	-20° 52’ 53”
Star	HIP 117629	5.1852	23h 51m 21s	-18° 54’ 32”
Star	HIP 117645	8.8222	23h 51m 32s	-20° 46’ 55”
Star	HIP 117585	6.947	23h 50m 46s	-18° 17’ 32”
Star	HIP 117824	7.27	23h 53m 45s	-18° 21’ 53”
Star	HIP 117414	7.2432	23h 48m 30s	-18° 53’ 04”
Star	HIP 117569	7.1968	23h 50m 34s	-20° 13’ 59”
Star	HIP 117813	7.2308	23h 53m 38s	-20° 31’ 03”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 378P/McNaught

• 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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