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 47987	0	09h 46m 50s	+28° 45’ 15”
Star	HIP 47819	7.7212	09h 44m 52s	+28° 42’ 30”
Star	HIP 48541	7.5894	09h 53m 59s	+27° 41’ 43”
Star	HIP 48433	7.73	09h 52m 28s	+27° 46’ 26”
Star	HIP 48596	8.2864	09h 54m 36s	+28° 41’ 15”
Star	HIP 48160	8.6352	09h 48m 59s	+29° 28’ 50”
Star	HIP 48093	7.6928	09h 48m 20s	+28° 31’ 20”
Star	HIP 48805	7.2388	09h 57m 14s	+28° 33’ 40”
Star	HIP 48048	7.683	09h 47m 41s	+29° 35’ 30”
Star	HIP 48358	8.7514	09h 51m 30s	+27° 34’ 23”
Galaxy	NGC 3032	13.1	09h 52m 07s	+29° 14’ 12”
Galaxy	NGC 3026	13.7	09h 50m 54s	+28° 32’ 57”

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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