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Object: 240P/NEAT (open sky map)

RA 20h 28m 52s Dec -42° 37’ 55” Appar J2000

Mag: 18.17 (Estimated: JPL) Const: Sagittarius

Sun Dist: 542189019.68495 km [ km/s]
Earth Dist: 494440179.37027 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 14 May 2018 18:14 UTC []

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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 in the background 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 101415	8.0056	20h 33m 08s	-43° 19’ 31”
Star	HIP 101269	8.5058	20h 31m 36s	-42° 00’ 54”
Star	HIP 101094	7.4916	20h 29m 35s	-41° 23’ 59”
Star	HIP 100270	8.431	20h 20m 16s	-42° 40’ 47”
Star	HIP 100469	5.5782	20h 22m 27s	-42° 02’ 57”
Star	HIP 100642	8.1076	20h 24m 25s	-41° 40’ 08”
Star	HIP 100659	8.7302	20h 24m 36s	-43° 08’ 29”
Star	HIP 101515	6.6082	20h 34m 16s	-43° 26’ 51”
Star	HIP 100278	7.6866	20h 20m 22s	-42° 54’ 04”
Star	HIP 100830	7.864	20h 26m 40s	-42° 03’ 19”
Star	HIP 100591	5.6186	20h 23m 53s	-42° 25’ 22”
Star	HIP 100495	8.5434	20h 22m 43s	-42° 57’ 20”
Star	HIP 100528	8.375	20h 23m 02s	-43° 40’ 14”
Star	HIP 100941	8.0874	20h 27m 59s	-42° 37’ 09”
Star	HIP 100937	8.5802	20h 27m 56s	-42° 37’ 11”
Star	HIP 100836	8.5464	20h 26m 44s	-43° 33’ 56”
Galaxy	IC 4946	12.6	20h 23m 57s	-43° 59’ 47”
Galaxy	ESO 340-21	13.9	20h 22m 28s	-41° 53’ 57”
Galaxy	NGC 6902	11.7	20h 24m 27s	-43° 39’ 09”

Additional resources

Astronomy databases

This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services:

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
The Hipparcos Star Catalogue, containing more than 100.000 bright stars
The PGC 2003 Catalogue, containing information about 1 million galaxies
The GSC 2.3 Catalogue, containing information about more than 2 billion stars and galaxies

Please see the acknowledgements section.

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