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 99143	7.3946	20h 07m 40s	-23° 52’ 57”
Star	HIP 98200	8.4174	19h 57m 17s	-25° 03’ 22”
Star	HIP 98024	7.8154	19h 55m 10s	-23° 54’ 27”
Star	HIP 98261	8.5996	19h 57m 58s	-24° 26’ 01”
Star	HIP 98300	8.0982	19h 58m 22s	-23° 19’ 48”
Star	HIP 98178	8.5356	19h 57m 06s	-25° 05’ 21”
Star	HIP 98135	7.5488	19h 56m 40s	-23° 03’ 57”
Star	HIP 98575	5.9148	20h 01m 23s	-22° 44’ 14”
Star	HIP 98172	8.4434	19h 57m 02s	-24° 20’ 13”
Star	HIP 98752	7.8432	20h 03m 29s	-22° 57’ 21”
Star	HIP 98854	8.5074	20h 04m 27s	-23° 58’ 57”
Star	HIP 98471	8.2898	20h 00m 20s	-23° 57’ 22”
Star	HIP 98931	8.6536	20h 05m 14s	-25° 03’ 28”
Galaxy	ESO 526-19	14.0	20h 00m 56s	-22° 46’ 53”

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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