242P/Spahr Real Time Tracker |
Right Ascension: 2.576415
Declination: -0.175359 (J2000) Magnitude: 19.11 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Cetus
Sun Distance: 612377685 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 744661619 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 20 Oct 2025 18:29 UTC [] |
This page shows Comet 242P/Spahr 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 in the background 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).
List of bright objects (stars brighter than magnitude 9.0 and galaxies brighter than magmitude 14.0) close to Comet 242P/Spahr (less than 1.5 degrees):
Type | Name | Magnitude | Ar | Dec |
Star | HIP 11649 | 8.1906 | 02h 30m 16s | -00° 05’ 25” |
Star | HIP 11687 | 5.9976 | 02h 30m 45s | +00° 15’ 21” |
Star | HIP 12387 | 4.0832 | 02h 39m 28s | +00° 19’ 42” |
Star | HIP 11831 | 7.1346 | 02h 32m 42s | +01° 02’ 01” |
Star | HIP 12014 | 8.4568 | 02h 34m 53s | -00° 22’ 12” |
Star | HIP 11962 | 8.8994 | 02h 34m 22s | +00° 21’ 41” |
Star | HIP 11789 | 7.5638 | 02h 32m 08s | -01° 11’ 41” |
Star | HIP 12013 | 7.6288 | 02h 34m 53s | +01° 14’ 42” |
Star | HIP 12421 | 7.7468 | 02h 39m 51s | +00° 08’ 48” |
Star | HIP 11636 | 8.9364 | 02h 30m 07s | +00° 06’ 10” |
Star | HIP 12443 | 8.4158 | 02h 40m 11s | -00° 16’ 00” |
Star | HIP 11883 | 7.9358 | 02h 33m 15s | +00° 08’ 00” |
Star | HIP 11791 | 5.2558 | 02h 32m 09s | -01° 02’ 05” |
Galaxy | NGC 1015 | 13.1 | 02h 38m 11s | -01° 19’ 04” |
Galaxy | NGC 955 | 12.9 | 02h 30m 33s | -01° 06’ 25” |
Galaxy | PGC 9528 | 13.9 | 02h 30m 15s | -00° 39’ 42” |
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