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 15081	8.7606	03h 14m 27s	+13° 04’ 26”
Star	HIP 15153	7.9312	03h 15m 18s	+14° 18’ 11”
Star	HIP 15233	8.347	03h 16m 25s	+13° 51’ 05”
Star	HIP 15345	7.5402	03h 17m 52s	+13° 50’ 50”
Star	HIP 15375	7.7468	03h 18m 15s	+12° 49’ 25”
Star	HIP 15471	8.596	03h 19m 28s	+12° 36’ 55”
Star	HIP 15508	7.0616	03h 19m 52s	+13° 22’ 37”
Star	HIP 15565	7.3	03h 20m 33s	+12° 20’ 47”
Star	HIP 15662	0	03h 21m 43s	+13° 25’ 55”
Star	HIP 15822	8.5762	03h 23m 52s	+13° 50’ 14”
Star	HIP 15841	0	03h 24m 03s	+13° 03’ 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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