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 106559	5.6726	21h 34m 51s	-20° 05’ 03”
Star	HIP 106594	7.9208	21h 35m 18s	-19° 14’ 40”
Star	HIP 105924	8.0652	21h 27m 13s	-19° 18’ 42”
Star	HIP 106568	6.6964	21h 34m 54s	-20° 15’ 09”
Star	HIP 106715	6.7404	21h 36m 58s	-18° 44’ 37”
Star	HIP 106470	8.9606	21h 33m 52s	-17° 52’ 06”
Star	HIP 106868	8.3404	21h 38m 40s	-18° 41’ 29”
Star	HIP 106143	6.5526	21h 29m 59s	-19° 08’ 51”
Star	HIP 106768	7.448	21h 37m 37s	-19° 13’ 51”
Star	HIP 106673	7.859	21h 36m 22s	-18° 23’ 31”
Star	HIP 106264	7.137	21h 31m 25s	-19° 14’ 15”
Star	HIP 105914	7.6206	21h 27m 03s	-19° 03’ 29”
Star	HIP 106101	8.7992	21h 29m 32s	-19° 46’ 06”
Star	HIP 106415	8.3662	21h 33m 12s	-18° 34’ 03”
Star	HIP 106723	4.516	21h 37m 04s	-19° 27’ 57”
Star	HIP 106741	7.1662	21h 37m 21s	-18° 26’ 27”
Star	HIP 106070	8.9656	21h 29m 05s	-19° 32’ 28”

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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