C/1969 Y1 (Bennett) live position and data

This page shows Comet C/1969 Y1 (Bennett) 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/1969 Y1 (Bennett) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 11808	8.2356	02h 32m 16s	+28° 33’ 59”
Star	HIP 11541	7.4284	02h 28m 45s	+29° 41’ 13”
Star	HIP 12177	8.5834	02h 36m 53s	+30° 10’ 21”
Star	HIP 11869	7.0886	02h 33m 07s	+29° 57’ 52”
Star	HIP 11490	7.166	02h 28m 11s	+29° 52’ 24”
Star	HIP 11486	5.2724	02h 28m 09s	+29° 40’ 10”
Star	HIP 12115	7.0864	02h 36m 04s	+29° 24’ 13”
Star	HIP 12080	8.1496	02h 35m 42s	+29° 13’ 18”
Star	HIP 11823	8.2704	02h 32m 32s	+29° 18’ 41”
Star	HIP 12207	7.6302	02h 37m 10s	+30° 24’ 28”
Star	HIP 11526	8.5106	02h 28m 36s	+29° 44’ 12”
Star	HIP 11588	7.3712	02h 29m 21s	+30° 51’ 55”
Star	HIP 12053	8.135	02h 35m 22s	+30° 40’ 51”
Star	HIP 11977	8.3624	02h 34m 30s	+28° 38’ 26”
Star	HIP 11548	5.8548	02h 28m 48s	+29° 55’ 53”
Star	HIP 11304	6.914	02h 25m 31s	+29° 52’ 49”
Galaxy	NGC 972	12.1	02h 34m 13s	+29° 18’ 42”

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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