242P/Spahr Real Time Position & Data |
Right Ascension: 0.483718
Declination: -0.989618 (J2000) Magnitude: 18.83 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Cetus
Sun Distance: 665918167 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 516637754 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 20 Oct 2025 18:29 UTC [] |
This page shows Comet 242P/Spahr 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 242P/Spahr (less than 1.5 degrees):
Type | Name | Magnitude | Ar | Dec |
Star | HIP 2343 | 7.4316 | 00h 29m 55s | -01° 07’ 03” |
Star | HIP 1927 | 8.2088 | 00h 24m 18s | -01° 14’ 28” |
Star | HIP 2585 | 8.5994 | 00h 32m 49s | -00° 26’ 44” |
Star | HIP 2100 | 6.1128 | 00h 26m 37s | -00° 02’ 58” |
Star | HIP 2496 | 7.0638 | 00h 31m 40s | -01° 47’ 37” |
Star | HIP 1874 | 8.522 | 00h 23m 40s | -00° 32’ 28” |
Star | HIP 2208 | 8.4428 | 00h 27m 55s | -01° 40’ 53” |
Star | HIP 2735 | 8.6466 | 00h 34m 55s | -01° 18’ 36” |
Star | HIP 2121 | 8.5672 | 00h 26m 53s | -00° 55’ 46” |
Star | HIP 2333 | 7.734 | 00h 29m 50s | -00° 19’ 15” |
Star | HIP 2641 | 7.1552 | 00h 33m 29s | -00° 36’ 31” |
Star | HIP 2281 | 8.7424 | 00h 29m 09s | +00° 02’ 26” |
Galaxy | PGC 1703 | 14.0 | 00h 27m 39s | +00° 31’ 36” |
Galaxy | NGC 124 | 13.8 | 00h 27m 52s | -01° 48’ 37” |
Galaxy | UGC 280 | 13.8 | 00h 28m 21s | -00° 13’ 24” |
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