C/2014 F3 (Sheppard-Trujillo) live position and data

This page shows Comet C/2014 F3 (Sheppard-Trujillo) 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 in the background 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/2014 F3 (Sheppard-Trujillo) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 9824	8.7468	02h 06m 28s	+18° 28’ 54”
Star	HIP 9228	8.8746	01h 58m 36s	+16° 32’ 16”
Star	HIP 9119	8.7254	01h 57m 32s	+18° 59’ 29”
Star	HIP 9072	8.5046	01h 56m 47s	+17° 30’ 42”
Star	HIP 9240	7.731	01h 58m 47s	+17° 01’ 33”
Star	HIP 9193	8.3668	01h 58m 21s	+18° 16’ 27”
Star	HIP 9777	8.13	02h 05m 43s	+17° 39’ 00”
Star	HIP 9627	6.0822	02h 03m 42s	+18° 15’ 11”
Star	HIP 9248	6.6626	01h 58m 54s	+18° 21’ 29”
Star	HIP 9012	8.2518	01h 56m 01s	+18° 26’ 45”
Star	HIP 9434	7.6072	02h 01m 09s	+16° 33’ 54”
Star	HIP 9110	5.0092	01h 57m 21s	+17° 49’ 03”
Star	HIP 9449	7.1396	02h 01m 30s	+17° 57’ 14”
Star	HIP 9602	8.4202	02h 03m 29s	+18° 19’ 39”
Galaxy	NGC 770	14.0	01h 59m 13s	+18° 57’ 19”
Galaxy	NGC 772	11.1	01h 59m 20s	+19° 00’ 21”
Galaxy	UGC 1518	13.7	02h 02m 15s	+19° 04’ 26”
Galaxy	NGC 794	13.8	02h 02m 29s	+18° 22’ 24”

Additional resources

• 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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