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 64607	5.496	13h 14m 31s	+11° 19’ 54”
Star	HIP 64948	7.8742	13h 18m 47s	+11° 49’ 58”
Star	HIP 64657	8.8928	13h 15m 13s	+10° 41’ 19”
Star	HIP 64412	8.1826	13h 12m 05s	+11° 13’ 13”
Star	HIP 64445	5.616	13h 12m 32s	+11° 33’ 22”
Star	HIP 64566	8.5172	13h 14m 03s	+09° 46’ 26”
Star	HIP 64371	8.8518	13h 11m 37s	+12° 20’ 29”
Star	HIP 64881	8.697	13h 17m 58s	+12° 14’ 41”
Star	HIP 64707	8.8736	13h 15m 44s	+10° 15’ 01”
Star	HIP 64794	8.3486	13h 16m 48s	+12° 24’ 57”
Galaxy	NGC 5020	12.9	13h 12m 40s	+12° 35’ 58”

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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