297P/Beshore (2008 J2) live position and data

This page shows Comet 297P/Beshore (2008 J2) 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 297P/Beshore (2008 J2) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 56350	0	11h 33m 03s	+12° 09’ 14”
Star	HIP 56785	0	11h 38m 32s	+10° 33’ 42”
Star	HIP 56624	7.9662	11h 36m 38s	+12° 10’ 38”
Star	HIP 56646	8.2092	11h 36m 56s	+10° 30’ 37”
Star	HIP 56553	6.563	11h 35m 43s	+10° 54’ 40”
Star	HIP 56429	6.5658	11h 34m 09s	+11° 01’ 26”
Star	HIP 56294	8.389	11h 32m 23s	+12° 12’ 16”
Star	HIP 56947	8.8782	11h 40m 28s	+11° 11’ 42”
Star	HIP 56487	8.4252	11h 34m 49s	+11° 49’ 31”
Star	HIP 56999	8.8464	11h 41m 05s	+10° 48’ 32”
Star	HIP 56224	8.5526	11h 31m 33s	+11° 07’ 17”
Star	HIP 56182	8.5892	11h 30m 57s	+11° 31’ 25”
Star	HIP 56535	6.5104	11h 35m 31s	+11° 11’ 19”
Star	HIP 56636	8.888	11h 36m 42s	+11° 40’ 11”
Galaxy	NGC 3810	11.3	11h 40m 58s	+11° 28’ 17”
Galaxy	NGC 3773	13.3	11h 38m 13s	+12° 06’ 42”
Galaxy	NGC 3731	13.9	11h 34m 11s	+12° 30’ 43”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 297P/Beshore (2008 J2)

• 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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