C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) live position and data

This page shows Comet Hale-Bopp (C/1995 O1) 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 Hale-Bopp (C/1995 O1) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 105581	7.1274	21h 23m 06s	-85° 38’ 19”
Star	HIP 105569	8.856	21h 22m 52s	-87° 02’ 54”
Star	HIP 109686	8.205	22h 13m 07s	-86° 28’ 45”
Star	HIP 106463	8.3732	21h 33m 46s	-87° 11’ 13”
Star	HIP 108469	8.8228	21h 58m 24s	-84° 26’ 07”
Star	HIP 110428	8.5818	22h 22m 02s	-84° 39’ 58”
Star	HIP 106320	6.2794	21h 32m 02s	-84° 48’ 35”
Star	HIP 111196	5.6522	22h 31m 37s	-85° 58’ 02”
Star	HIP 111644	7.3536	22h 36m 59s	-87° 19’ 13”
Star	HIP 103426	7.6056	20h 57m 14s	-86° 46’ 50”
Star	HIP 105585	8.5888	21h 23m 08s	-87° 03’ 07”
Star	HIP 108907	8.373	22h 03m 38s	-85° 54’ 09”
Star	HIP 105145	6.8996	21h 18m 00s	-85° 12’ 04”
Star	HIP 112146	7.7528	22h 42m 56s	-85° 30’ 35”
Star	HIP 105628	7.8866	21h 23m 39s	-85° 17’ 17”
Star	HIP 107949	7.5828	21h 52m 11s	-85° 50’ 11”
Star	HIP 115928	6.992	23h 29m 16s	-85° 42’ 33”
Star	HIP 113840	8.6302	23h 03m 16s	-86° 22’ 27”
Star	HIP 108129	6.4734	21h 54m 22s	-85° 02’ 00”
Star	HIP 110867	8.0174	22h 27m 42s	-86° 09’ 20”
Star	HIP 105532	8.158	21h 22m 26s	-85° 32’ 26”
Star	HIP 105871	8.782	21h 26m 30s	-85° 43’ 21”

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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