Comet 290P/Jager

Comet 290P/Jager is currently in the constellation of Sagittarius. The current Right Ascension of Comet 290P/Jager is 19h 37m 31s and the Declination is -23° 17’ 45” (topocentric coordinates computed for the selected location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]). The current estimated magnitude of Comet 290P/Jager is 23.71 (JPL).

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Additional information about Comet 290P/Jager available on TheSkyLive:

Available Resources

• Position and finder charts (see also Where is Comet 290P/Jager?)
• Distance from Earth (see also How far is Comet 290P/Jager from Earth?)
• Rise and set times (see also When does Comet 290P/Jager rise and set?)
• Brightness (see also How bright is Comet 290P/Jager?)
• Orbital elements. Detailed information about Comet 290P/Jager orbital parameters.
• Interactive orbit visualization. 3d visualization showing the orbit of Comet 290P/Jager with respect to the major Solar System objects.
• 15 days ephemerides. Table showing celestial coordinates and magnitude of Comet 290P/Jager for the past and next 7 days.
• Interactive sky chart. An online planetarium application that shows where to locate Comet 290P/Jager in the sky from your location.
• Live position tracker. A high precision sky chart that uses real deep sky imagery to help locate Comet 290P/Jager with your telescope or on your astrophotographies.

Higher precision deep sky finder chart, 60 arcmin wide, showing where Comet 290P/Jager is right now. Click on the image to see a more detailed fullscreen tracker view.

Also check out Where is Comet 290P/Jager?, a page that provides all the information needed to find Comet 290P/Jager in the sky and additional links to sky charts.

Comet 290P/Jager Distance from Earth

The distance of Comet 290P/Jager from Earth is currently 1,506,321,247 kilometers, equivalent to 10.069136 Astronomical Units. Light takes 1 hours, 23 minutes and 44.5468 seconds to travel from Comet 290P/Jager and arrive to us.

The following chart shows the distance of Comet 290P/Jager from Earth as a function of time. In the chart the distance data is measured in Astronomical Units and sampled with an interval of 1 day.

The value of the reported distance might be somewhat inaccurate around the times of closest approach for objects passing extremely close to Earth. The value of the distance of 290P/Jager from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.

Closest approach of Comet 290P/Jager to Earth

Between January 2013 and December 2100, the closest approach of Comet 290P/Jager to Earth happens on Fri Jan 10 2014 at a distance of 1.280852 Astronomical Units, or 191,612,770 kilometers:

NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.

Comet 290P/Jager brightness

The current visual magnitude of Comet 290P/Jager is 23.71.

The observed magnitude and coma diameter values are derived from the Comet Observers Database by averaging the values reported in recent observations (more recent than 4 days), when available. The Estimated Magnitude comes from the JPL Horizons ephemerides service and might be inaccurate given the highly dynamic and unpredictable behavior of comets. When available, please refer to the Observed Magnitude value and consider the Estimated Magnitude as a directional indication. We acknowledge with thanks the comet observations from the COBS Comet Observation Database contributed by observers worldwide and used in this table to report recent comet observations.

The following chart is the predicted light curve (visual magnitude as a function of time) of Comet 290P/Jager, according to the most recent ephemerides data. Magnitude data is sampled with a 2 days interval and there might be inaccuracies for objects changing brightness very rapidly during the course of a few days. For comets there could be large discrepancies between the observed and predicted brightness because of their highly dynamic behaviour.

Comet 290P/Jager rise and set times

Today's Comet 290P/Jager rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change] are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

The rise and set times are defined as the time at which the upper limb of Comet 290P/Jager touches the horizon, considering the effect of the atmospheric refraction. As the atmospheric conditions cannot be modeled precisely the times reported here should be considered correct with an approximation of few minutes.

Visualization of Comet 290P/Jager Orbit

This 3d orbit diagram is a feature of our 3D Solar System Simulator and shows the orbit of Comet 290P/Jager with respect of the Sun and the orbits of the major planets. The position of Comet 290P/Jager and the planets along their orbits in this diagram accurately represents the current configuration of the objects in the Solar System. This is an experimental feature and it requires a WebGL enabled browser. Please provide us feedback!

Comet 290P/Jager 15 Days Ephemeris

The following table lists the ephemerides of Comet 290P/Jager computed for the past and next 7 days, with a 24 hours interval. Click on each row of the table to locate Comet 290P/Jager in our Online Planetarium at the chosen date.

Date	Right AscensionR.A.	DeclinationDec.	MagnitudeMag	Constellation
2020 Oct 15	19h 36m 41s	-23° 24’ 18”	23.68	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 16	19h 36m 46s	-23° 23’ 31”	23.68	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 17	19h 36m 51s	-23° 22’ 45”	23.69	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 18	19h 36m 56s	-23° 21’ 56”	23.69	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 19	19h 37m 02s	-23° 21’ 07”	23.69	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 20	19h 37m 09s	-23° 20’ 18”	23.70	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 21	19h 37m 17s	-23° 19’ 27”	23.70	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 22	19h 37m 23s	-23° 18’ 37”	23.71	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 23	19h 37m 32s	-23° 17’ 44”	23.71	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 24	19h 37m 40s	-23° 16’ 53”	23.72	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 25	19h 37m 47s	-23° 15’ 59”	23.72	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 26	19h 37m 57s	-23° 15’ 05”	23.72	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 27	19h 38m 07s	-23° 14’ 08”	23.73	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 28	19h 38m 16s	-23° 13’ 13”	23.73	Sagittarius