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 53668	7.573	10h 58m 50s	-02° 14’ 10”
Star	HIP 53507	8.2308	10h 56m 44s	-00° 20’ 43”
Star	HIP 54041	8.5976	11h 03m 30s	-01° 29’ 08”
Star	HIP 53342	8.0008	10h 54m 34s	-01° 31’ 06”
Star	HIP 53460	6.5102	10h 56m 10s	+00° 25’ 58”
Star	HIP 53857	7.2766	11h 01m 03s	+00° 02’ 49”
Star	HIP 53454	7.478	10h 56m 05s	-01° 37’ 05”
Star	HIP 53441	8.7546	10h 55m 57s	-01° 00’ 08”
Star	HIP 53419	8.0878	10h 55m 38s	+00° 07’ 22”
Star	HIP 53978	7.5128	11h 02m 33s	-00° 05’ 37”
Star	HIP 54027	6.0978	11h 03m 14s	-00° 45’ 07”
Star	HIP 53532	6.8372	10h 57m 08s	-00° 18’ 42”
Star	HIP 53501	7.8988	10h 56m 40s	-01° 10’ 07”

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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