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 13667	8.6844	02h 55m 57s	-16° 58’ 26”
Star	HIP 13831	8	02h 58m 02s	-15° 50’ 18”
Star	HIP 13952	8.4398	02h 59m 42s	-16° 43’ 32”
Star	HIP 13981	8.018	03h 00m 04s	-16° 04’ 00”
Star	HIP 14057	8.2246	03h 01m 06s	-17° 51’ 56”
Star	HIP 14073	8.1784	03h 01m 20s	-17° 13’ 49”
Star	HIP 14101	0	03h 01m 51s	-16° 35’ 33”
Star	HIP 14117	7.5052	03h 02m 02s	-18° 12’ 27”
Star	HIP 14165	0	03h 02m 37s	-18° 10’ 00”
Star	HIP 14195	8.7376	03h 03m 02s	-18° 13’ 50”
Star	HIP 14273	8.408	03h 03m 59s	-17° 44’ 16”
Star	HIP 14380	7.309	03h 05m 31s	-16° 36’ 29”
Star	HIP 14447	8.177	03h 06m 27s	-16° 12’ 07”
Star	HIP 14460	8.4444	03h 06m 37s	-17° 28’ 33”
Galaxy	IC 276	14.0	02h 58m 40s	-15° 42’ 11”
Galaxy	PGC 11367	14.0	03h 00m 31s	-15° 44’ 09”
Galaxy	NGC 1199	12.4	03h 03m 38s	-15° 36’ 50”

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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