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 79743	0	16h 16m 28s	-21° 14’ 13”
Star	HIP 79524	6.6358	16h 13m 40s	-21° 23’ 59”
Star	HIP 80085	6.6592	16h 20m 43s	-21° 50’ 26”
Star	HIP 79910	8.9502	16h 18m 39s	-21° 35’ 34”
Star	HIP 79839	8.319	16h 17m 47s	-21° 54’ 01”
Star	HIP 79244	7.0312	16h 10m 19s	-22° 09’ 25”
Star	HIP 79785	6.6082	16h 16m 58s	-21° 18’ 14”
Star	HIP 79369	8.911	16h 11m 55s	-21° 06’ 17”
Star	HIP 79366	8.197	16h 11m 52s	-22° 32’ 41”
Star	HIP 79621	7.3756	16h 14m 53s	-22° 22’ 48”
Star	HIP 79599	6.4082	16h 14m 28s	-21° 06’ 27”
Star	HIP 80059	8.5452	16h 20m 28s	-21° 30’ 32”
Star	HIP 79476	8.8136	16h 13m 11s	-22° 29’ 06”

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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