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378P/McNaught live position and data.
Right Ascension: 2.566597
Declination: -5.696965 (J2000) Magnitude: 19.56 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Cetus
Sun Distance: 765783515 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 705474883 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 18 Sep 2036 19:37 UTC [] |
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).
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” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: