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 75807	0	15h 29m 10s	-06° 58’ 24”
Star	HIP 76049	8.4606	15h 31m 51s	-07° 09’ 11”
Star	HIP 75789	8.0168	15h 28m 58s	-06° 16’ 09”
Star	HIP 75728	7.9362	15h 28m 13s	-06° 26’ 15”
Star	HIP 75906	8.8016	15h 30m 15s	-08° 03’ 14”
Star	HIP 75805	8.4732	15h 29m 09s	-06° 58’ 44”
Star	HIP 75629	7.659	15h 27m 08s	-05° 49’ 03”
Star	HIP 75739	7.5858	15h 28m 23s	-06° 00’ 10”
Star	HIP 75892	7.1544	15h 30m 04s	-06° 50’ 42”
Star	HIP 75593	8.5292	15h 26m 38s	-05° 39’ 20”
Star	HIP 75158	7.3728	15h 21m 32s	-06° 49’ 35”
Star	HIP 75325	7.2504	15h 23m 26s	-06° 36’ 36”
Star	HIP 75717	8.4202	15h 28m 09s	-08° 01’ 07”
Star	HIP 75131	7.237	15h 21m 09s	-06° 36’ 45”
Star	HIP 75474	7.2352	15h 25m 04s	-06° 14’ 44”

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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