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 14305	8.194	03h 04m 32s	-11° 00’ 33”
Star	HIP 14155	8.8298	03h 02m 29s	-12° 24’ 59”
Star	HIP 14330	8.5554	03h 04m 49s	-12° 10’ 17”
Star	HIP 14136	8.7874	03h 02m 16s	-12° 37’ 43”
Star	HIP 14050	7.7242	03h 00m 54s	-10° 02’ 06”
Star	HIP 13843	6.414	02h 58m 12s	-12° 00’ 20”
Star	HIP 13933	7.6632	02h 59m 31s	-10° 40’ 54”
Star	HIP 14235	7.0736	03h 03m 32s	-10° 58’ 29”
Star	HIP 14110	5.716	03h 01m 56s	-09° 57’ 41”
Star	HIP 14327	8.6554	03h 04m 46s	-10° 10’ 44”
Star	HIP 14006	7.2594	03h 00m 18s	-11° 27’ 32”
Galaxy	NGC 1162	13.5	02h 58m 55s	-12° 23’ 56”
Galaxy	NGC 1200	13.5	03h 03m 54s	-11° 59’ 30”
Galaxy	PGC 11198	13.2	02h 57m 49s	-10° 10’ 04”
Galaxy	NGC 1196	13.3	03h 03m 35s	-12° 04’ 35”

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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