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 33565	0	06h 58m 27s	+18° 59’ 50”
Star	HIP 33181	8.018	06h 54m 22s	+19° 35’ 42”
Star	HIP 34016	7.4996	07h 03m 29s	+19° 13’ 19”
Star	HIP 33926	8.841	07h 02m 23s	+19° 13’ 47”
Star	HIP 34094	7.302	07h 04m 09s	+18° 40’ 07”
Star	HIP 34012	8.1848	07h 03m 28s	+18° 22’ 11”
Star	HIP 33859	7.5746	07h 01m 45s	+17° 58’ 31”
Star	HIP 34130	8.5664	07h 04m 37s	+18° 43’ 26”
Star	HIP 33647	7.9858	06h 59m 22s	+20° 26’ 41”
Star	HIP 33493	7.1688	06h 57m 42s	+17° 54’ 07”
Star	HIP 33350	8.079	06h 56m 11s	+18° 48’ 00”
Star	HIP 33524	8.9908	06h 58m 03s	+18° 55’ 35”
Star	HIP 33326	7.6132	06h 55m 53s	+18° 29’ 30”
Star	HIP 33477	7.4032	06h 57m 33s	+19° 43’ 45”
Star	HIP 33572	7.1738	06h 58m 31s	+19° 13’ 19”
Star	HIP 33861	7.9844	07h 01m 46s	+20° 03’ 17”
Star	HIP 33496	7.7444	06h 57m 46s	+20° 27’ 59”

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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