C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) live position and data

This page shows Comet C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) 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 C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 50621	8.2026	10h 20m 25s	+41° 08’ 02”
Star	HIP 50687	6.7746	10h 21m 03s	+41° 50’ 57”
Star	HIP 50691	8.7768	10h 21m 06s	+41° 12’ 41”
Star	HIP 50786	5.6856	10h 22m 10s	+41° 13’ 47”
Star	HIP 50801	2.8998	10h 22m 19s	+41° 29’ 57”
Star	HIP 50818	7.4506	10h 22m 34s	+42° 36’ 59”
Star	HIP 50946	7.5306	10h 24m 15s	+40° 38’ 07”
Star	HIP 51003	8.987	10h 25m 09s	+42° 13’ 29”
Star	HIP 51042	7.974	10h 25m 41s	+40° 54’ 39”
Star	HIP 51200	6.0012	10h 27m 28s	+41° 36’ 04”
Star	HIP 51222	6.954	10h 27m 43s	+41° 14’ 09”
Star	HIP 51243	8.1432	10h 27m 59s	+42° 58’ 52”
Star	HIP 51414	6.9766	10h 30m 04s	+40° 28’ 11”
Star	HIP 51449	8.0708	10h 30m 27s	+41° 28’ 33”
Galaxy	NGC 3184	10.3	10h 18m 17s	+41° 25’ 26”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring)

• 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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