C/1956 R1 (Arend-Roland) live position and data

This page shows Comet C/1956 R1 (Arend-Roland) 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/1956 R1 (Arend-Roland) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 19279	8.4694	04h 07m 53s	+69° 51’ 54”
Star	HIP 18487	8.3328	03h 57m 07s	+69° 30’ 56”
Star	HIP 19458	7.2188	04h 10m 01s	+68° 22’ 25”
Star	HIP 18067	6.3126	03h 51m 41s	+68° 30’ 27”
Star	HIP 19422	7.5984	04h 09m 34s	+69° 32’ 31”
Star	HIP 19129	5.727	04h 06m 03s	+68° 40’ 47”
Star	HIP 17848	7.9384	03h 49m 09s	+69° 11’ 59”
Star	HIP 19607	8.8162	04h 12m 05s	+68° 59’ 31”
Star	HIP 18596	7.1668	03h 58m 44s	+68° 01’ 26”
Star	HIP 18574	8.0324	03h 58m 34s	+68° 21’ 24”
Star	HIP 18129	7.367	03h 52m 35s	+67° 33’ 23”
Star	HIP 18800	7.8674	04h 01m 40s	+68° 50’ 44”
Star	HIP 19673	6.2116	04h 12m 51s	+68° 30’ 04”
Star	HIP 18012	7.0192	03h 51m 00s	+69° 06’ 10”
Star	HIP 17495	8.1556	03h 44m 50s	+68° 49’ 14”
Star	HIP 19680	8.8896	04h 12m 58s	+68° 19’ 42”
Galaxy	IC 342	9.1	03h 46m 49s	+68° 05’ 44”
Galaxy	IC 356	11.4	04h 07m 47s	+69° 48’ 47”

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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