C/2016 U1 (NEOWISE) live position and data

This page shows Comet C/2016 U1 (NEOWISE) 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/2016 U1 (NEOWISE) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 12028	8.0108	02h 35m 06s	-09° 26’ 34”
Star	HIP 12092	8.9448	02h 35m 52s	-08° 33’ 55”
Star	HIP 11839	8.7074	02h 32m 51s	-10° 38’ 24”
Star	HIP 11525	8.5512	02h 28m 35s	-09° 43’ 31”
Star	HIP 11449	8.5646	02h 27m 42s	-09° 48’ 18”
Star	HIP 11846	8.5846	02h 32m 55s	-08° 42’ 01”
Star	HIP 12055	7.1046	02h 35m 24s	-09° 21’ 02”
Star	HIP 12020	8.2996	02h 35m 02s	-09° 53’ 19”
Galaxy	PGC 9800	13.5	02h 34m 24s	-10° 50’ 39”
Galaxy	NGC 950	14.0	02h 29m 11s	-11° 01’ 32”
Galaxy	NGC 977	13.5	02h 33m 03s	-10° 45’ 35”
Galaxy	NGC 945	12.8	02h 28m 37s	-10° 32’ 21”
Galaxy	NGC 942	12.2	02h 29m 10s	-10° 50’ 11”
Galaxy	NGC 943	12.4	02h 29m 09s	-10° 49’ 42”
Galaxy	NGC 988	11.4	02h 35m 29s	-09° 21’ 34”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet C/2016 U1 (NEOWISE)

• 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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