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 50194	0	10h 14m 48s	+38° 57’ 47”
Star	HIP 50487	8.9086	10h 18m 33s	+39° 06’ 37”
Star	HIP 50767	8.7708	10h 22m 00s	+38° 28’ 30”
Star	HIP 49826	8.7696	10h 10m 18s	+38° 24’ 48”
Star	HIP 50927	7.7644	10h 24m 04s	+39° 02’ 09”
Star	HIP 50472	8.1514	10h 18m 21s	+37° 30’ 29”
Star	HIP 50096	8.9668	10h 13m 43s	+39° 20’ 19”
Star	HIP 50369	8.8914	10h 17m 02s	+38° 30’ 57”
Star	HIP 50192	8.4964	10h 14m 44s	+37° 56’ 52”
Star	HIP 50947	8.9864	10h 24m 16s	+38° 07’ 32”
Star	HIP 50502	8.4132	10h 18m 46s	+39° 18’ 41”
Galaxy	NGC 3158	12.9	10h 13m 50s	+38° 45’ 54”

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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