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 44133	7.5072	08h 59m 19s	+08° 58’ 56”
Star	HIP 44018	7.991	08h 57m 51s	+10° 48’ 51”
Star	HIP 44373	8.8292	09h 02m 15s	+10° 06’ 21”
Star	HIP 44010	6.0848	08h 57m 42s	+09° 23’ 15”
Star	HIP 44272	8.9612	09h 00m 55s	+09° 03’ 04”
Star	HIP 44050	7.549	08h 58m 16s	+10° 50’ 42”
Star	HIP 43951	8.5952	08h 57m 06s	+10° 45’ 29”
Star	HIP 44071	8.8346	08h 58m 36s	+09° 27’ 25”
Star	HIP 44303	8.7986	09h 01m 22s	+10° 43’ 58”
Star	HIP 44077	8.7254	08h 58m 45s	+09° 56’ 39”
Star	HIP 43618	8.5496	08h 53m 01s	+09° 11’ 08”
Star	HIP 43582	8.3606	08h 52m 34s	+09° 04’ 02”
Star	HIP 43631	8.5518	08h 53m 08s	+10° 08’ 52”
Galaxy	NGC 2720	14.0	08h 59m 08s	+11° 08’ 58”

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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