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 2839	0	00h 36m 00s	-09° 30’ 51”
Star	HIP 2910	7.778	00h 36m 51s	-11° 07’ 38”
Star	HIP 3216	8.921	00h 40m 53s	-09° 57’ 36”
Star	HIP 3369	6.6028	00h 42m 50s	-09° 55’ 17”
Star	HIP 2608	8.4306	00h 33m 07s	-09° 59’ 16”
Star	HIP 3029	7.7046	00h 38m 33s	-10° 41’ 24”
Star	HIP 2961	8.0374	00h 37m 37s	-09° 04’ 24”
Galaxy	PGC 2414	14.0	00h 40m 07s	-10° 25’ 32”
Galaxy	NGC 163	13.6	00h 35m 59s	-10° 07’ 18”
Galaxy	NGC 155	13.5	00h 34m 40s	-10° 46’ 00”
Galaxy	NGC 217	13.5	00h 41m 33s	-10° 01’ 19”
Galaxy	NGC 165	13.9	00h 36m 28s	-10° 06’ 24”
Galaxy	NGC 157	11.0	00h 34m 46s	-08° 23’ 48”
Galaxy	PGC 2269	13.5	00h 37m 57s	-09° 15’ 14”
Galaxy	PGC 2303	14.0	00h 38m 31s	-09° 06’ 30”
Galaxy	IC 1563	13.6	00h 39m 00s	-09° 00’ 29”
Galaxy	NGC 151	12.3	00h 34m 02s	-09° 42’ 20”

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.

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