(152637) 1997 NC1
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	26 Sep 2026	18.6	0.917 AU	0.315 AU	12h28m	-66°18'	65.4°	96.4°

The interactive orbit chart above shows the body's path through the solar system and its position at the given date. Green and blue lines are shown perpendicular to the ecliptic plane: Green if the path is above the ecliptic plane, blue if it is below. (Left-click and drag to rotate the view; Right-click and drag to move the view; Use scroll wheel to zoom in our out.)

The orbital elements of 1997 NC1 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.2085728
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 0.8649325
            i (Inclination)                 : 16.72622
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 96.44687
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 16.61338
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 131.00890
            Epoch                           : 2026 Jun 09

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 112.39382
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 4.71993
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 0.80            
        

The light curve chart below shows the estimated development of the minor planet's magnitude.

The all-sky chart below shows the path of the minor planet over the same period as the light curve. The current position is marked yellow.

The following chart shows the path of the minor planet in the next few days. The field of view is optimized for (~10x50) binoculars and finderscopes.

Ephemerides:

Date       Time       RA (2000)    DEC (2000)    delta   radius  elong  phase   PA    magn
2026-09-26 00:00 UT   12 28 02.1   -66 18 44     0.315    0.917   65.4   96.4   175   18.6 
2026-09-26 13:00 UT   12 27 45.9   -66 13 31     0.315    0.915   65.1   96.7   175   18.6 
2026-09-27 00:00 UT   12 27 32.2   -66 08 54     0.316    0.914   64.8   97.0   176   18.6 
2026-09-28 00:00 UT   12 27 02.1   -65 58 07     0.316    0.910   64.2   97.6   177   18.6 
2026-09-29 00:00 UT   12 26 32.0   -65 46 22     0.316    0.907   63.6   98.2   178   18.6 
2026-09-30 00:00 UT   12 26 02.1   -65 33 35     0.316    0.903   63.0   98.9   179   18.6 
2026-10-01 00:00 UT   12 25 32.8   -65 19 45     0.316    0.899   62.4   99.5   181   18.7 
2026-10-02 00:00 UT   12 25 04.2   -65 04 49     0.316    0.896   61.7  100.2   182   18.7 
2026-10-03 00:00 UT   12 24 36.6   -64 48 45     0.315    0.892   61.1  100.9   183   18.7 
2026-10-04 00:00 UT   12 24 10.2   -64 31 29     0.315    0.888   60.5  101.6   184   18.7 
2026-10-05 00:00 UT   12 23 45.3   -64 12 60     0.315    0.885   59.8  102.3   185   18.8 
2026-10-06 00:00 UT   12 23 22.0   -63 53 14     0.315    0.881   59.1  103.0   186   18.8 
2026-10-07 00:00 UT   12 23 00.7   -63 32 10     0.314    0.877   58.5  103.8   188   18.8 
2026-10-08 00:00 UT   12 22 41.6   -63 09 43     0.314    0.873   57.8  104.6   189   18.8 
2026-10-09 00:00 UT   12 22 24.8   -62 45 52     0.313    0.870   57.1  105.3   190   18.9 
2026-10-10 00:00 UT   12 22 10.5   -62 20 33     0.313    0.866   56.4  106.2   191   18.9 
2026-10-11 00:00 UT   12 21 59.1   -61 53 44     0.312    0.862   55.6  107.0   193   18.9 
2026-10-12 00:00 UT   12 21 50.7   -61 25 21     0.311    0.858   54.9  107.8   194   19.0 
2026-10-13 00:00 UT   12 21 45.5   -60 55 21     0.311    0.854   54.2  108.7   195   19.0 
2026-10-14 00:00 UT   12 21 43.7   -60 23 42     0.310    0.850   53.4  109.6   196   19.0 
2026-10-15 00:00 UT   12 21 45.6   -59 50 20     0.309    0.846   52.6  110.5   198   19.1 
2026-10-16 00:00 UT   12 21 51.3   -59 15 14     0.309    0.842   51.9  111.4   199   19.1 
2026-10-17 00:00 UT   12 22 01.2   -58 38 21     0.308    0.838   51.1  112.3   201   19.2 
2026-10-18 00:00 UT   12 22 15.2   -57 59 38     0.307    0.834   50.3  113.3   202   19.2 

    Terminology:
            
    delta:  distance between minor planet and earth in AU
    radius: distance between minor planet and sun in AU
    magn:   magnitude (brightness) estimate    
    ra:     right ascension in hours (24h = 360deg)
    dec:    declination in degrees
    elong:  elongation in degrees (angle sun-earth-minor planet)    
    phase:  phase angle in degrees (angle sun-minor planet-earth)        
    AU:     Astronomical Unit (mean distance between earth and sun: 149597870.7 km
    

Orbital elements provided by the MPC (Minor Planet Center).
Calculations by a modified version of AAPlus, a C# implementation of the AA+ project by PJ Naughter from the algorithms presented in the book "Astronomical Algorithms" by Jean Meeus.
NGC2000 dso catalog and star labels from VizieR as provided by the Strasbourg astronomical Data Center.
Tycho2 catalog from the ESO archive.