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 13236	8.603	02h 50m 22s	-11° 31’ 57”
Star	HIP 13402	5.9682	02h 52m 31s	-12° 46’ 09”
Star	HIP 13520	6.919	02h 54m 07s	-10° 26’ 32”
Star	HIP 13527	7.8156	02h 54m 13s	-11° 05’ 21”
Star	HIP 13636	8.8228	02h 55m 36s	-12° 21’ 11”
Star	HIP 13740	8.1106	02h 56m 54s	-10° 22’ 30”
Star	HIP 13843	6.414	02h 58m 12s	-12° 00’ 20”
Star	HIP 13857	8.3006	02h 58m 24s	-12° 48’ 07”
Star	HIP 14006	7.2594	03h 00m 18s	-11° 27’ 32”
Galaxy	NGC 1162	13.5	02h 58m 55s	-12° 23’ 56”
Galaxy	NGC 1118	13.5	02h 49m 58s	-12° 09’ 51”

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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