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 67027	0	13h 44m 10s	+04° 52’ 37”
Star	HIP 66823	7.9	13h 41m 45s	+04° 46’ 15”
Star	HIP 67136	8.2238	13h 45m 32s	+03° 30’ 29”
Star	HIP 66832	8.3002	13h 41m 49s	+04° 41’ 01”
Star	HIP 67545	5.9164	13h 50m 24s	+05° 29’ 49”
Star	HIP 67442	8.1718	13h 49m 19s	+04° 32’ 48”
Star	HIP 66881	8.9364	13h 42m 23s	+04° 59’ 37”
Star	HIP 67246	6.274	13h 46m 57s	+06° 21’ 02”
Star	HIP 67186	7.1066	13h 46m 06s	+05° 06’ 56”
Star	HIP 67317	8.5068	13h 47m 54s	+03° 50’ 47”
Galaxy	NGC 5300	12.5	13h 48m 15s	+03° 57’ 05”

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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