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 54211	0	11h 05m 32s	+43° 31’ 28”
Star	HIP 53878	8.8294	11h 01m 21s	+43° 10’ 59”
Star	HIP 53553	8.691	10h 57m 19s	+43° 56’ 10”
Star	HIP 54088	8.9772	11h 04m 03s	+41° 52’ 01”
Star	HIP 53821	6.5742	11h 00m 42s	+42° 43’ 53”
Star	HIP 54537	5.7552	11h 09m 38s	+43° 12’ 27”
Star	HIP 53791	5.9748	11h 00m 20s	+42° 54’ 43”
Star	HIP 53831	7.5008	11h 00m 48s	+43° 54’ 43”
Star	HIP 53707	8.312	10h 59m 17s	+43° 52’ 24”
Star	HIP 53733	8.0174	10h 59m 35s	+43° 48’ 52”
Star	HIP 53465	5.9206	10h 56m 14s	+42° 00’ 30”
Star	HIP 53894	8.0504	11h 01m 39s	+41° 51’ 37”
Star	HIP 53933	8.2384	11h 02m 08s	+43° 43’ 16”

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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