201P/LONEOS live position and data

This page shows Comet 201P/LONEOS 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 below 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 201P/LONEOS (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 60953	0	12h 29m 40s	-00° 09’ 43”
Star	HIP 61050	0	12h 30m 46s	+00° 39’ 23”
Star	HIP 60726	7.7024	12h 26m 45s	-00° 10’ 59”
Star	HIP 60938	8.6456	12h 29m 22s	-01° 13’ 58”
Star	HIP 61061	8.4286	12h 30m 54s	+00° 39’ 53”
Star	HIP 60641	7.658	12h 25m 40s	-00° 16’ 56”
Star	HIP 60688	8.185	12h 26m 16s	+00° 30’ 53”
Star	HIP 60748	8.8246	12h 27m 00s	+00° 07’ 10”
Star	HIP 61091	7.6052	12h 31m 14s	+01° 19’ 37”
Star	HIP 61240	8.2862	12h 32m 58s	-00° 16’ 24”
Star	HIP 60902	8.602	12h 28m 54s	+01° 08’ 55”
Star	HIP 60440	8.631	12h 23m 30s	+00° 42’ 46”
Galaxy	UGCA 285	14.0	12h 33m 09s	-00° 32’ 32”
Galaxy	NGC 4517A	12.6	12h 32m 27s	+00° 23’ 22”
Galaxy	NGC 4517	11.2	12h 32m 45s	+00° 06’ 59”
Galaxy	NGC 4385	12.9	12h 25m 42s	+00° 34’ 23”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 201P/LONEOS

• 15 Days Ephemerides
• Interactive Sky Map (Planetarium)
• Rise & Set Times
• Distance from Earth
• Light Curve

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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