240P/NEAT live position and data

This page shows Comet 240P/NEAT 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 240P/NEAT (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 25253	8.1432	05h 24m 01s	+24° 57’ 37”
Star	HIP 25306	8.8644	05h 24m 48s	+24° 06’ 23”
Star	HIP 25400	8.3764	05h 26m 01s	+25° 45’ 35”
Star	HIP 25463	8.3316	05h 26m 43s	+25° 00’ 42”
Star	HIP 25556	8.9856	05h 27m 45s	+26° 08’ 18”
Star	HIP 25652	8.8312	05h 28m 47s	+23° 57’ 29”
Star	HIP 25695	5.4354	05h 29m 16s	+25° 09’ 01”
Star	HIP 25761	8.0978	05h 30m 03s	+23° 45’ 31”
Star	HIP 25793	8.2678	05h 30m 27s	+25° 19’ 57”
Star	HIP 26062	6.971	05h 33m 30s	+24° 37’ 44”
Star	HIP 26201	6.7204	05h 35m 03s	+24° 17’ 26”
Star	HIP 26248	5.3798	05h 35m 27s	+24° 02’ 22”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 240P/NEAT

• 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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