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Comet McNaught

Coarse finder chart
(60° field-of-view, stars to mag. 6.5)
Fine finder chart
(° field-of-view, stars to mag. 24.0)

All data valid for local time 15:15:00, 31 Jul (UTC 20:15:00, 31 Jul)
Geocentric Data
Right Ascension (J2000):16h 15m 34.3s
Declination (J2000):-59° 55' 22"
Constellation:Norma
Magnitude:22.6
Distance from Earth:  12.4077 AU
Light time:6191 seconds
 
Heliocentric Data
Distance from Sun:12.9033 AU
Perihelion:0.1708 AU
(12-Jan-2007)
Aphelion:4,436.66 AU
Period:104,489.5 years
Eccentricity:0.999923
Inclination to ecliptic:77.874°
Longitude of ascending node:267.382°
Argument of perihelion:155.981°


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