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 11568	8.063	02h 29m 03s	-05° 26’ 46”
Star	HIP 11921	8.2106	02h 33m 52s	-06° 00’ 20”
Star	HIP 12234	8.4272	02h 37m 31s	-05° 05’ 22”
Star	HIP 12063	8.884	02h 35m 33s	-05° 40’ 04”
Star	HIP 11664	7.6656	02h 30m 26s	-05° 01’ 51”
Star	HIP 11945	7.745	02h 34m 07s	-05° 38’ 07”
Star	HIP 11810	8.6562	02h 32m 19s	-07° 10’ 09”
Galaxy	NGC 1022	12.1	02h 38m 32s	-06° 40’ 41”
Galaxy	PGC 9923	13.8	02h 36m 58s	-05° 20’ 57”
Galaxy	NGC 991	12.4	02h 35m 32s	-07° 09’ 20”

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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