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 29312	0	06h 10m 50s	+24° 05’ 35”
Star	HIP 29405	0	06h 11m 47s	+23° 59’ 29”
Star	HIP 29680	8.8438	06h 15m 08s	+25° 27’ 54”
Star	HIP 29334	8.321	06h 11m 04s	+24° 52’ 56”
Star	HIP 29158	8.5712	06h 09m 02s	+25° 30’ 45”
Star	HIP 29589	7.4988	06h 14m 08s	+23° 59’ 11”
Star	HIP 29702	7.1696	06h 15m 24s	+25° 20’ 01”
Star	HIP 29123	8.0294	06h 08m 28s	+25° 58’ 00”
Star	HIP 29833	8.402	06h 16m 55s	+25° 29’ 43”
Star	HIP 28791	8.4364	06h 04m 42s	+25° 10’ 43”
Star	HIP 29148	8.141	06h 08m 56s	+24° 21’ 35”
Star	HIP 29558	8.3494	06h 13m 40s	+24° 40’ 29”
Star	HIP 29379	5.7142	06h 11m 32s	+24° 25’ 13”
Star	HIP 29075	8.6992	06h 07m 59s	+25° 27’ 22”

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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