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 13476	7.1862	02h 53m 34s	-07° 45’ 00”
Star	HIP 13384	7.0076	02h 52m 14s	-08° 16’ 01”
Star	HIP 12962	8.6558	02h 46m 43s	-06° 59’ 35”
Star	HIP 12953	7.7516	02h 46m 33s	-06° 42’ 06”
Star	HIP 13231	7.0986	02h 50m 20s	-06° 48’ 23”
Star	HIP 12947	8.1328	02h 46m 31s	-08° 01’ 40”
Star	HIP 13096	8.7684	02h 48m 23s	-06° 14’ 11”
Star	HIP 13594	8.2706	02h 55m 09s	-07° 59’ 45”
Star	HIP 13403	8.9758	02h 52m 31s	-06° 03’ 18”
Galaxy	NGC 1084	11.3	02h 45m 59s	-07° 34’ 41”

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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