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 14757	6.2856	03h 10m 35s	-23° 44’ 19”
Star	HIP 15101	8.3898	03h 14m 47s	-21° 44’ 56”
Star	HIP 15257	8.2612	03h 16m 48s	-22° 04’ 20”
Star	HIP 15280	8.8712	03h 17m 10s	-23° 01’ 35”
Star	HIP 15291	6.436	03h 17m 17s	-23° 31’ 13”
Star	HIP 15352	8.8932	03h 17m 57s	-22° 28’ 52”
Star	HIP 15382	4.7828	03h 18m 22s	-22° 30’ 40”
Star	HIP 15392	8.5206	03h 18m 25s	-24° 06’ 06”
Star	HIP 15479	5.4926	03h 19m 34s	-24° 07’ 22”
Star	HIP 15561	7.6264	03h 20m 27s	-24° 06’ 52”
Star	HIP 15579	8.656	03h 20m 42s	-23° 18’ 23”
Star	HIP 15643	5.4182	03h 21m 24s	-23° 38’ 06”
Galaxy	IC 1898	13.6	03h 10m 20s	-22° 24’ 15”
Galaxy	NGC 1258	14.0	03h 14m 04s	-21° 46’ 27”
Galaxy	ESO 481-17	13.2	03h 17m 04s	-22° 51’ 56”

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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