249P/LINEAR live position and data

This page shows Comet 249P/LINEAR 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 249P/LINEAR (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 48542	8.2086	09h 53m 59s	+06° 56’ 58”
Star	HIP 48790	8.8532	09h 57m 04s	+06° 20’ 13”
Star	HIP 48820	8.2562	09h 57m 30s	+05° 06’ 12”
Star	HIP 48295	8.3138	09h 50m 48s	+04° 58’ 52”
Star	HIP 48618	8.3538	09h 54m 53s	+07° 10’ 18”
Star	HIP 48475	8.5842	09h 53m 11s	+04° 32’ 00”
Star	HIP 48261	8.2854	09h 50m 18s	+05° 13’ 17”
Star	HIP 48552	6.5298	09h 54m 06s	+04° 56’ 43”
Star	HIP 48519	5.779	09h 53m 42s	+05° 57’ 30”
Star	HIP 48918	7.222	09h 58m 44s	+06° 06’ 53”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 249P/LINEAR

• 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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