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 54148	7.779	11h 04m 36s	+29° 10’ 19”
Star	HIP 53636	8.52	10h 58m 22s	+30° 43’ 36”
Star	HIP 54028	8.8638	11h 03m 14s	+30° 35’ 32”
Star	HIP 54003	8.0462	11h 02m 51s	+30° 24’ 54”
Star	HIP 53833	8.2962	11h 00m 48s	+29° 13’ 06”
Star	HIP 53345	6.4838	10h 54m 35s	+29° 37’ 48”
Star	HIP 53950	8.5504	11h 02m 17s	+30° 49’ 25”
Star	HIP 53906	6.8778	11h 01m 49s	+29° 52’ 16”
Star	HIP 53324	7.5074	10h 54m 25s	+30° 31’ 55”
Star	HIP 53884	8.272	11h 01m 27s	+31° 14’ 46”
Star	HIP 53473	8.2136	10h 56m 18s	+31° 02’ 22”
Star	HIP 53541	8.854	10h 57m 11s	+28° 56’ 18”
Star	HIP 54230	8.5106	11h 05m 45s	+30° 35’ 45”
Star	HIP 54024	6.9586	11h 03m 11s	+28° 55’ 48”
Star	HIP 53571	7.9076	10h 57m 35s	+30° 39’ 09”
Star	HIP 54240	7.4886	11h 05m 49s	+29° 59’ 54”
Star	HIP 53606	8.3932	10h 57m 59s	+31° 04’ 57”
Galaxy	NGC 3486	11.0	11h 00m 23s	+28° 58’ 32”
Galaxy	NGC 3510	13.2	11h 03m 43s	+28° 53’ 08”

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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