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 in the background 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 13944	6.5214	02h 59m 36s	-07° 10’ 47”
Star	HIP 14124	6.1412	03h 02m 09s	-06° 29’ 39”
Star	HIP 14293	5.2404	03h 04m 16s	-07° 36’ 03”
Star	HIP 13646	8.9986	02h 55m 41s	-06° 37’ 36”
Star	HIP 13704	8.9954	02h 56m 26s	-07° 39’ 47”
Star	HIP 14202	8.3716	03h 03m 09s	-08° 01’ 54”
Star	HIP 14060	5.6386	03h 01m 09s	-07° 39’ 46”
Star	HIP 14030	8.6662	03h 00m 38s	-06° 34’ 53”
Star	HIP 14355	6.1958	03h 05m 11s	-08° 16’ 27”
Star	HIP 14016	7.9588	03h 00m 25s	-08° 07’ 56”
Star	HIP 14168	5.2266	03h 02m 42s	-07° 41’ 07”
Star	HIP 13594	8.2706	02h 55m 09s	-07° 59’ 45”
Star	HIP 13861	8.3464	02h 58m 27s	-08° 37’ 33”
Galaxy	NGC 1148	13.5	02h 57m 05s	-07° 41’ 17”

Additional resources

• 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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