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 77329	7.5178	15h 47m 15s	-08° 27’ 10”
Star	HIP 76603	6.4364	15h 38m 40s	-08° 47’ 29”
Star	HIP 76909	7.6928	15h 42m 15s	-07° 54’ 50”
Star	HIP 76602	6.5092	15h 38m 39s	-08° 47’ 40”
Star	HIP 76804	7.8876	15h 40m 55s	-08° 59’ 53”
Star	HIP 76813	7.7886	15h 41m 00s	-08° 44’ 30”
Star	HIP 76916	8.181	15h 42m 18s	-07° 39’ 39”
Star	HIP 76555	7.8016	15h 38m 05s	-07° 40’ 33”
Star	HIP 76868	8.1974	15h 41m 47s	-08° 38’ 44”
Star	HIP 76646	8.5256	15h 39m 05s	-08° 33’ 52”
Star	HIP 77033	7.618	15h 43m 44s	-09° 18’ 55”

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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