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 112526	8.678	22h 47m 32s	-15° 07’ 57”
Star	HIP 112267	6.9198	22h 44m 21s	-14° 40’ 33”
Star	HIP 112782	7.7524	22h 50m 24s	-14° 03’ 33”
Star	HIP 112352	7.7418	22h 45m 27s	-13° 00’ 24”
Star	HIP 112797	8.8818	22h 50m 33s	-14° 43’ 53”
Star	HIP 112551	8.6806	22h 47m 44s	-12° 30’ 22”
Star	HIP 112238	8.5568	22h 44m 03s	-12° 41’ 10”
Star	HIP 112799	8.3234	22h 50m 34s	-12° 41’ 29”
Star	HIP 112412	8.3198	22h 46m 06s	-13° 50’ 09”
Star	HIP 112542	5.6836	22h 47m 42s	-14° 03’ 23”
Star	HIP 112260	7.4274	22h 44m 17s	-14° 36’ 42”
Star	HIP 112716	3.8816	22h 49m 35s	-13° 35’ 33”

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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