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 9603	0	02h 03m 30s	-04° 54’ 39”
Star	HIP 9874	7.678	02h 07m 01s	-04° 13’ 03”
Star	HIP 9424	8.7752	02h 01m 04s	-04° 16’ 19”
Star	HIP 9622	5.4716	02h 03m 40s	-04° 06’ 12”
Star	HIP 9634	8.3072	02h 03m 48s	-04° 34’ 42”
Star	HIP 9033	8.3872	01h 56m 19s	-04° 10’ 38”
Star	HIP 9152	8.632	01h 57m 55s	-03° 42’ 43”
Star	HIP 9177	8.7152	01h 58m 07s	-04° 18’ 06”
Star	HIP 9813	7.3208	02h 06m 14s	-04° 21’ 54”
Star	HIP 9358	6.8552	02h 00m 14s	-03° 22’ 05”
Star	HIP 9596	7.4912	02h 03m 25s	-04° 19’ 47”
Star	HIP 9352	7.737	02h 00m 08s	-04° 17’ 01”
Galaxy	NGC 790	13.5	02h 01m 21s	-05° 22’ 15”
Galaxy	PGC 7239	13.7	01h 56m 13s	-04° 11’ 21”
Galaxy	NGC 748	13.4	01h 56m 21s	-04° 28’ 04”

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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