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 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).

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 14261	0	03h 03m 54s	+05° 14’ 33”
Star	HIP 14421	8.3368	03h 06m 11s	+04° 49’ 25”
Star	HIP 14438	7.7594	03h 06m 22s	+03° 48’ 36”
Star	HIP 14143	5.6198	03h 02m 22s	+04° 21’ 10”
Star	HIP 14443	8.1408	03h 06m 25s	+03° 15’ 52”
Star	HIP 14104	6.1504	03h 01m 52s	+05° 20’ 09”
Star	HIP 14348	8.3786	03h 05m 02s	+02° 56’ 28”
Star	HIP 13937	8.7478	02h 59m 33s	+03° 31’ 03”
Star	HIP 14496	8.255	03h 07m 14s	+05° 01’ 11”
Star	HIP 14644	8.0756	03h 09m 14s	+03° 14’ 33”
Star	HIP 14099	8.1484	03h 01m 51s	+03° 08’ 16”
Star	HIP 14135	2.389	03h 02m 16s	+04° 05’ 23”
Star	HIP 14471	7.9666	03h 06m 47s	+02° 42’ 52”
Galaxy	NGC 1218	13.9	03h 08m 26s	+04° 06’ 43”

Additional resources

• 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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