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 37353	8.9264	07h 40m 01s	+66° 03’ 01”
Star	HIP 36117	8.8566	07h 26m 24s	+65° 03’ 22”
Star	HIP 37884	7.7334	07h 45m 52s	+65° 09’ 28”
Star	HIP 37587	8.2528	07h 42m 48s	+64° 59’ 57”
Star	HIP 36149	8.1502	07h 26m 46s	+64° 56’ 48”
Star	HIP 37030	7.0454	07h 36m 34s	+65° 05’ 46”
Star	HIP 37882	7.7362	07h 45m 52s	+65° 09’ 13”
Star	HIP 37093	7.8446	07h 37m 19s	+64° 38’ 35”
Star	HIP 37949	5.818	07h 46m 40s	+65° 27’ 20”
Star	HIP 37196	6.7974	07h 38m 28s	+66° 14’ 06”
Star	HIP 35953	7.5332	07h 24m 40s	+65° 50’ 19”
Star	HIP 37078	8.2952	07h 37m 09s	+65° 19’ 49”
Star	HIP 36578	7.0414	07h 31m 24s	+66° 08’ 05”
Star	HIP 37604	8.1952	07h 42m 56s	+65° 17’ 26”
Star	HIP 37866	7.8354	07h 45m 43s	+64° 43’ 00”
Star	HIP 37703	8.0322	07h 44m 05s	+65° 26’ 17”
Star	HIP 36211	6.4744	07h 27m 25s	+66° 19’ 53”
Star	HIP 36983	7.1388	07h 36m 04s	+66° 28’ 13”
Star	HIP 36270	7.6642	07h 28m 04s	+66° 29’ 28”
Star	HIP 37498	8.4312	07h 41m 46s	+66° 13’ 41”
Star	HIP 36327	8.9116	07h 28m 40s	+64° 35’ 25”
Galaxy	NGC 2403	8.9	07h 36m 54s	+65° 35’ 57”

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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