C/2006 P1 (McNaught) live position and data

This page shows Comet McNaught (C/2006 P1) 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 McNaught (C/2006 P1) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 83421	0	17h 03m 02s	-53° 55’ 53”
Star	HIP 83387	8.782	17h 02m 33s	-55° 04’ 15”
Star	HIP 83054	8.149	16h 58m 16s	-53° 55’ 14”
Star	HIP 83201	8.0752	17h 00m 13s	-55° 06’ 21”
Star	HIP 83749	7.8256	17h 07m 00s	-56° 02’ 17”
Star	HIP 83081	2.9526	16h 58m 37s	-55° 59’ 24”
Star	HIP 82660	7.3228	16h 53m 50s	-54° 21’ 48”
Star	HIP 83402	7.0894	17h 02m 44s	-54° 33’ 40”
Star	HIP 83272	8.1786	17h 01m 07s	-53° 58’ 49”
Star	HIP 83786	7.8458	17h 07m 26s	-53° 45’ 19”
Star	HIP 82991	8.2672	16h 57m 34s	-55° 51’ 06”
Star	HIP 82778	7.4006	16h 55m 01s	-56° 02’ 53”
Star	HIP 83187	5.634	17h 00m 06s	-54° 35’ 49”
Star	HIP 82678	6.9282	16h 54m 02s	-54° 26’ 17”
Star	HIP 82622	7.8958	16h 53m 25s	-54° 16’ 35”
Star	HIP 83249	8.5544	17h 00m 55s	-56° 14’ 46”
Star	HIP 83960	8.173	17h 09m 43s	-54° 20’ 06”
Star	HIP 83785	8.6568	17h 07m 26s	-55° 43’ 02”
Star	HIP 82663	7.628	16h 53m 55s	-55° 04’ 21”
Star	HIP 83352	7.7656	17h 02m 06s	-54° 09’ 06”
Star	HIP 83558	8.848	17h 04m 35s	-53° 36’ 14”

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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