289P/Blanpain live position and data

This page shows Comet 289P/Blanpain 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 289P/Blanpain (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 116853	5.7948	23h 41m 08s	-11° 40’ 50”
Star	HIP 117085	8.512	23h 44m 10s	-13° 11’ 24”
Star	HIP 117002	8.9706	23h 43m 10s	-12° 13’ 06”
Star	HIP 117528	6.7408	23h 50m 06s	-11° 06’ 11”
Star	HIP 117579	8.8	23h 50m 42s	-11° 36’ 33”
Star	HIP 117314	5.6214	23h 47m 15s	-11° 54’ 39”
Star	HIP 116975	7.1412	23h 42m 47s	-11° 19’ 42”
Star	HIP 117262	8.4314	23h 46m 34s	-12° 45’ 27”
Star	HIP 117411	7.5114	23h 48m 28s	-11° 30’ 31”
Galaxy	NGC 7727	11.5	23h 39m 53s	-12° 17’ 35”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 289P/Blanpain

• 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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