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 25250	8.3938	05h 23m 57s	+19° 59’ 57”
Star	HIP 24835	8.9554	05h 19m 26s	+20° 13’ 06”
Star	HIP 25385	8.763	05h 25m 51s	+21° 07’ 57”
Star	HIP 25268	8.29	05h 24m 15s	+20° 08’ 24”
Star	HIP 25337	6.7486	05h 25m 10s	+20° 35’ 01”
Star	HIP 25086	8.5134	05h 22m 14s	+19° 50’ 03”
Star	HIP 24822	4.8638	05h 19m 16s	+22° 05’ 48”
Star	HIP 25274	8.7692	05h 24m 19s	+22° 18’ 20”
Star	HIP 24761	7.2868	05h 18m 31s	+21° 47’ 32”
Star	HIP 24977	6.0808	05h 20m 56s	+19° 48’ 51”
Star	HIP 24619	7.588	05h 16m 49s	+20° 07’ 06”
Star	HIP 24820	5.954	05h 19m 14s	+20° 08’ 04”
Star	HIP 25390	8.5594	05h 25m 53s	+21° 47’ 09”
Star	HIP 25230	8.62	05h 23m 45s	+20° 34’ 45”
Star	HIP 24945	7.703	05h 20m 37s	+20° 49’ 47”
Star	HIP 24663	6.641	05h 17m 31s	+20° 07’ 55”

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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