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 54873	0	11h 14m 06s	+30° 58’ 28”
Star	HIP 54567	7.0614	11h 09m 55s	+32° 31’ 52”
Star	HIP 55219	3.3576	11h 18m 28s	+33° 05’ 39”
Star	HIP 54713	8.7964	11h 12m 09s	+32° 36’ 53”
Star	HIP 55154	8.812	11h 17m 31s	+32° 52’ 52”
Star	HIP 55405	7.863	11h 20m 44s	+31° 44’ 04”
Star	HIP 55302	6.4404	11h 19m 31s	+32° 49’ 30”
Star	HIP 54962	7.6996	11h 15m 18s	+31° 35’ 53”
Star	HIP 55055	8.9792	11h 16m 14s	+31° 36’ 18”

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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