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 51233	4.121	10h 27m 53s	+36° 42’ 26”
Star	HIP 51022	8.6722	10h 25m 24s	+37° 01’ 43”
Star	HIP 51047	6.3678	10h 25m 44s	+35° 25’ 32”
Star	HIP 50293	7.3276	10h 16m 09s	+35° 09’ 52”
Star	HIP 51030	8.9454	10h 25m 32s	+36° 46’ 59”
Star	HIP 50857	7.104	10h 23m 05s	+35° 13’ 03”
Star	HIP 51342	8.5768	10h 29m 13s	+35° 52’ 13”
Star	HIP 51106	7.9924	10h 26m 28s	+36° 13’ 39”
Star	HIP 50968	8.5878	10h 24m 38s	+35° 00’ 23”
Star	HIP 51029	6.5348	10h 25m 30s	+36° 12’ 16”

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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