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 in the background 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).
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 9975 | 8.1652 | 02h 08m 26s | -06° 28’ 10” |
Star | HIP 10126 | 7.8974 | 02h 10m 15s | -08° 44’ 24” |
Star | HIP 9755 | 8.7592 | 02h 05m 27s | -08° 48’ 35” |
Star | HIP 9981 | 6.4282 | 02h 08m 31s | -06° 40’ 40” |
Star | HIP 9889 | 8.9232 | 02h 07m 12s | -07° 13’ 31” |
Star | HIP 10394 | 8.7332 | 02h 13m 52s | -07° 57’ 34” |
Star | HIP 9875 | 6.5456 | 02h 07m 02s | -08° 36’ 22” |
Galaxy | NGC 809 | 13.5 | 02h 04m 18s | -08° 44’ 08” |
Galaxy | PGC 8502 | 13.5 | 02h 13m 15s | -07° 39’ 46” |
Galaxy | IC 206 | 13.1 | 02h 09m 30s | -06° 58’ 13” |
Galaxy | NGC 842 | 13.6 | 02h 09m 49s | -07° 46’ 56” |
Galaxy | IC 207 | 12.8 | 02h 09m 39s | -06° 55’ 23” |
Galaxy | PGC 8521 | 13.8 | 02h 13m 34s | -07° 40’ 59” |
Galaxy | IC 209 | 13.9 | 02h 08m 58s | -07° 03’ 34” |
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