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 13520	6.919	02h 54m 07s	-10° 26’ 32”
Star	HIP 13701	3.7896	02h 56m 25s	-08° 53’ 51”
Star	HIP 13655	8.7362	02h 55m 50s	-09° 26’ 18”
Star	HIP 13182	8.472	02h 49m 37s	-09° 31’ 31”
Star	HIP 13384	7.0076	02h 52m 14s	-08° 16’ 01”
Star	HIP 13421	6.324	02h 52m 50s	-09° 26’ 28”
Star	HIP 13945	8.4454	02h 59m 37s	-09° 24’ 59”
Star	HIP 13883	6.125	02h 58m 47s	-09° 46’ 35”
Star	HIP 13740	8.1106	02h 56m 54s	-10° 22’ 30”
Star	HIP 13594	8.2706	02h 55m 09s	-07° 59’ 45”
Star	HIP 13467	7.8314	02h 53m 27s	-08° 50’ 52”
Star	HIP 13861	8.3464	02h 58m 27s	-08° 37’ 33”
Galaxy	NGC 1140	12.8	02h 54m 33s	-10° 01’ 36”
Galaxy	PGC 11198	13.2	02h 57m 49s	-10° 10’ 04”

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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