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 51674	8.9752	10h 33m 24s	-10° 47’ 45”
Star	HIP 52232	7.8478	10h 40m 15s	-09° 02’ 38”
Star	HIP 52280	8.778	10h 40m 58s	-10° 58’ 28”
Star	HIP 52000	7.9222	10h 37m 25s	-11° 02’ 38”
Star	HIP 52121	8.7064	10h 38m 54s	-10° 09’ 03”
Star	HIP 51944	8.4894	10h 36m 42s	-09° 36’ 59”
Star	HIP 51907	6.556	10h 36m 17s	-10° 34’ 59”
Star	HIP 52017	8.666	10h 37m 38s	-09° 43’ 05”
Star	HIP 51966	7.0248	10h 37m 00s	-08° 50’ 23”
Star	HIP 52023	8.4242	10h 37m 44s	-11° 02’ 58”
Star	HIP 51741	7.5854	10h 34m 18s	-09° 53’ 57”
Star	HIP 51869	8.1276	10h 35m 51s	-08° 32’ 03”
Star	HIP 51736	8.855	10h 34m 15s	-09° 16’ 48”
Galaxy	PGC 31979	13.3	10h 43m 36s	-09° 51’ 24”

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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