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 12677	0	02h 42m 52s	-06° 29’ 20”
Star	HIP 12962	8.6558	02h 46m 43s	-06° 59’ 35”
Star	HIP 12953	7.7516	02h 46m 33s	-06° 42’ 06”
Star	HIP 12699	7.1414	02h 43m 07s	-06° 38’ 32”
Star	HIP 12966	8.1302	02h 46m 47s	-05° 49’ 46”
Star	HIP 12764	7.0292	02h 44m 00s	-06° 00’ 33”
Star	HIP 12515	8.463	02h 41m 03s	-07° 52’ 36”
Star	HIP 13231	7.0986	02h 50m 20s	-06° 48’ 23”
Star	HIP 12947	8.1328	02h 46m 31s	-08° 01’ 40”
Star	HIP 12754	6.4316	02h 43m 55s	-07° 54’ 44”
Star	HIP 12761	8.1224	02h 44m 00s	-06° 20’ 44”
Star	HIP 13011	8.3188	02h 47m 13s	-05° 46’ 08”
Star	HIP 13096	8.7684	02h 48m 23s	-06° 14’ 11”
Star	HIP 12746	8.609	02h 43m 51s	-07° 11’ 55”
Galaxy	IC 242	14.0	02h 38m 32s	-06° 54’ 10”
Galaxy	PGC 10400	13.7	02h 44m 51s	-08° 11’ 22”
Galaxy	NGC 1084	11.3	02h 45m 59s	-07° 34’ 41”
Galaxy	PGC 10213	13.8	02h 41m 51s	-07° 55’ 14”
Galaxy	NGC 1051	13.4	02h 41m 02s	-06° 56’ 12”

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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