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 51637	8.795	10h 32m 57s	+35° 22’ 56”
Star	HIP 51389	8.06	10h 29m 45s	+34° 49’ 38”
Star	HIP 52032	6.2666	10h 37m 52s	+34° 04’ 42”
Star	HIP 51685	5.5746	10h 33m 30s	+34° 59’ 19”
Star	HIP 51914	6.259	10h 36m 21s	+36° 19’ 37”
Star	HIP 52214	8.4282	10h 40m 05s	+35° 29’ 33”
Star	HIP 52252	7.9806	10h 40m 34s	+35° 43’ 24”
Star	HIP 51457	6.8152	10h 30m 36s	+36° 16’ 25”
Star	HIP 52299	7.9198	10h 41m 10s	+34° 41’ 17”
Star	HIP 51951	8.6772	10h 36m 46s	+35° 45’ 27”
Star	HIP 51312	7.7722	10h 28m 51s	+34° 53’ 08”
Star	HIP 51342	8.5768	10h 29m 13s	+35° 52’ 13”
Star	HIP 51320	8.4946	10h 28m 58s	+34° 51’ 48”
Star	HIP 51921	8.4394	10h 36m 23s	+34° 53’ 45”
Star	HIP 51990	8.9378	10h 37m 19s	+35° 34’ 20”
Star	HIP 51917	8.805	10h 36m 22s	+35° 07’ 20”

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.

Close