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 45723	6.4676	09h 19m 15s	+26° 15’ 06”
Star	HIP 44892	5.895	09h 08m 47s	+26° 37’ 48”
Star	HIP 44858	8.202	09h 08m 23s	+27° 32’ 06”
Star	HIP 45595	6.7426	09h 17m 35s	+27° 25’ 19”
Star	HIP 45612	8.8076	09h 17m 50s	+26° 00’ 45”
Star	HIP 45430	8.4382	09h 15m 32s	+27° 54’ 53”
Star	HIP 44864	8.2048	09h 08m 27s	+27° 32’ 34”
Star	HIP 45490	8.5254	09h 16m 08s	+26° 28’ 03”
Star	HIP 45779	8.6034	09h 20m 03s	+27° 09’ 55”
Star	HIP 45359	8.4726	09h 14m 35s	+27° 47’ 01”

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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