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 41776	7.9718	08h 31m 07s	+09° 11’ 54”
Star	HIP 40987	7.639	08h 21m 53s	+10° 03’ 52”
Star	HIP 40879	6.821	08h 20m 29s	+09° 24’ 00”
Star	HIP 41378	8.8746	08h 26m 27s	+10° 04’ 49”
Star	HIP 41183	8.8198	08h 24m 14s	+09° 13’ 59”
Star	HIP 41257	6.6104	08h 25m 01s	+09° 25’ 33”
Star	HIP 41358	7.9212	08h 26m 16s	+09° 32’ 35”
Star	HIP 41064	8.2792	08h 22m 45s	+09° 27’ 45”
Star	HIP 41652	6.7358	08h 29m 36s	+08° 25’ 02”
Star	HIP 41648	8.3622	08h 29m 32s	+09° 26’ 10”

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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