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 13355	7.9332	02h 51m 49s	-17° 15’ 04”
Star	HIP 13114	8.081	02h 48m 39s	-16° 48’ 40”
Star	HIP 13419	7.9826	02h 52m 47s	-16° 37’ 07”
Star	HIP 13952	8.4398	02h 59m 42s	-16° 43’ 32”
Star	HIP 13590	8.4796	02h 55m 07s	-16° 02’ 49”
Star	HIP 13831	8	02h 58m 02s	-15° 50’ 18”
Star	HIP 13188	8.0508	02h 49m 42s	-17° 16’ 47”
Star	HIP 13667	8.6844	02h 55m 57s	-16° 58’ 26”
Star	HIP 13661	8.1974	02h 55m 54s	-16° 03’ 33”
Galaxy	IC 276	14.0	02h 58m 40s	-15° 42’ 11”
Galaxy	NGC 1114	13.6	02h 49m 07s	-16° 59’ 35”
Galaxy	NGC 1125	13.4	02h 51m 44s	-16° 37’ 42”
Galaxy	PGC 10994	13.8	02h 54m 57s	-17° 03’ 05”

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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