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 58546	0	12h 00m 18s	+20° 35’ 45”
Star	HIP 59247	0	12h 09m 12s	+19° 28’ 06”
Star	HIP 59121	8.087	12h 07m 23s	+19° 21’ 11”
Star	HIP 58935	8.6974	12h 05m 04s	+20° 13’ 27”
Star	HIP 58831	7.5772	12h 04m 01s	+18° 48’ 53”
Star	HIP 59078	8.9072	12h 06m 55s	+20° 29’ 34”
Star	HIP 58519	6.8404	12h 00m 04s	+19° 25’ 09”
Star	HIP 58818	8.7574	12h 03m 49s	+19° 23’ 02”
Star	HIP 59049	8.8118	12h 06m 22s	+18° 12’ 02”
Galaxy	NGC 4065	13.7	12h 04m 06s	+20° 14’ 04”
Galaxy	NGC 4032	12.8	12h 00m 32s	+20° 04’ 33”
Galaxy	NGC 4064	11.6	12h 04m 10s	+18° 26’ 34”

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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