246P/NEAT live position and data

This page shows Comet 246P/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 246P/NEAT (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 95408	6.0352	19h 24m 30s	-27° 51’ 57”
Star	HIP 95604	7.742	19h 26m 42s	-26° 19’ 06”
Star	HIP 95288	8.0542	19h 23m 09s	-25° 28’ 17”
Star	HIP 95606	8.4666	19h 26m 44s	-25° 35’ 01”
Star	HIP 95865	5.3242	19h 29m 52s	-26° 59’ 07”
Star	HIP 95971	8.3758	19h 30m 57s	-25° 32’ 02”
Star	HIP 95807	8.1562	19h 29m 15s	-25° 28’ 03”
Star	HIP 95882	8.1518	19h 30m 01s	-27° 20’ 50”
Star	HIP 96012	7.1736	19h 31m 16s	-25° 44’ 12”
Star	HIP 95177	7.1304	19h 21m 44s	-26° 09’ 58”
Star	HIP 96139	7.6234	19h 32m 52s	-26° 01’ 41”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 246P/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.

Close