Comet 169P/NEAT is at perihelion (0.604 AU) on the 30th April 2018.
Comet 169P/NEAT is at Opposition (2.903 AU) in the constellation Virgo on the 5th April 2015
Ephemeris
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2015 04 01 13 05 42.9 -01 44 41 2.8902 3.8837 173.0 1.8 2015 04 02 13 04 48.6 -01 37 55 2.8929 3.8879 173.8 1.6 2015 04 03 13 03 54.4 -01 31 11 2.8959 3.8921 174.5 1.4 2015 04 04 13 03 00.1 -01 24 29 2.8993 3.8962 174.9 1.3 2015 04 05 13 02 06.0 -01 17 49 2.9030 3.9004 175.1 1.3 2015 04 06 13 01 11.9 -01 11 12 2.9070 3.9046 174.9 1.3 2015 04 07 13 00 18.0 -01 04 38 2.9113 3.9087 174.5 1.4 2015 04 08 12 59 24.2 -00 58 06 2.9160 3.9128 173.9 1.6 2015 04 09 12 58 30.7 -00 51 38 2.9210 3.9169 173.1 1.8 2015 04 10 12 57 37.4 -00 45 14 2.9263 3.9210 172.2 2.0 2015 04 11 12 56 44.4 -00 38 53 2.9320 3.9251 171.2 2.2 2015 04 12 12 55 51.7 -00 32 37 2.9380 3.9291 170.1 2.5 2015 04 13 12 54 59.3 -00 26 25 2.9443 3.9332 169.1 2.8 2015 04 14 12 54 07.4 -00 20 17 2.9509 3.9372 168.0 3.0 2015 04 15 12 53 15.8 -00 14 14 2.9579 3.9413 166.9 3.3 2015 04 16 12 52 24.8 -00 08 16 2.9651 3.9453 165.7 3.6 2015 04 17 12 51 34.2 -00 02 23 2.9727 3.9493 164.6 3.9 2015 04 18 12 50 44.1 +00 03 25 2.9806 3.9532 163.4 4.2 2015 04 19 12 49 54.6 +00 09 06 2.9888 3.9572 162.3 4.4 2015 04 20 12 49 05.7 +00 14 43 2.9973 3.9612 161.1 4.7 2015 04 21 12 48 17.4 +00 20 13 3.0062 3.9651 160.0 5.0 2015 04 22 12 47 29.8 +00 25 37 3.0153 3.9690 158.8 5.3 2015 04 23 12 46 42.8 +00 30 55 3.0247 3.9729 157.7 5.5 2015 04 24 12 45 56.6 +00 36 07 3.0344 3.9768 156.5 5.8 2015 04 25 12 45 11.1 +00 41 12 3.0444 3.9807 155.3 6.1 2015 04 26 12 44 26.3 +00 46 10 3.0547 3.9846 154.2 6.3 2015 04 27 12 43 42.3 +00 51 02 3.0653 3.9884 153.0 6.6 2015 04 28 12 42 59.1 +00 55 46 3.0762 3.9923 151.9 6.8 2015 04 29 12 42 16.8 +01 00 24 3.0873 3.9961 150.7 7.1 2015 04 30 12 41 35.2 +01 04 55 3.0987 3.9999 149.6 7.3
Comet 169P/NEAT makes its closest approach to the Earth (2.880 AU) in the constellation Virgo on the 24th March 2015
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2015 03 23 13 13 44.0 -02 46 13 2.8807 3.8452 163.1 4.3 2015 03 24 13 12 51.6 -02 39 23 2.8804 3.8495 164.3 4.0 2015 03 25 13 11 58.9 -02 32 32 2.8805 3.8538 165.5 3.7 2015 03 26 13 11 05.8 -02 25 41 2.8809 3.8581 166.6 3.4 2015 03 27 13 10 12.5 -02 18 49 2.8816 3.8624 167.8 3.1 2015 03 28 13 09 18.9 -02 11 58 2.8827 3.8667 168.9 2.8 2015 03 29 13 08 25.1 -02 05 08 2.8841 3.8710 170.0 2.6 2015 03 30 13 07 31.1 -01 58 18 2.8858 3.8752 171.1 2.3 2015 03 31 13 06 37.0 -01 51 29 2.8878 3.8795 172.1 2.0
Comet 169P/NEAT makes its closest approach to the Earth (1.121 AU) on the 18th March 2014
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2014 03 17 02 43 12.0 +07 26 47 1.1217 0.8211 45.2 59.2 2014 03 18 02 49 45.2 +07 53 44 1.1215 0.8328 45.9 59.0 2014 03 19 02 56 17.3 +08 20 15 1.1218 0.8446 46.5 58.8 2014 03 20 03 02 48.2 +08 46 15 1.1227 0.8566 47.2 58.6 2014 03 21 03 09 17.7 +09 11 44 1.1241 0.8686 47.9 58.3 2014 03 22 03 15 45.6 +09 36 39 1.1260 0.8808 48.6 58.0 2014 03 23 03 22 11.6 +10 00 59 1.1285 0.8930 49.2 57.7 2014 03 24 03 28 35.7 +10 24 43 1.1315 0.9053 49.9 57.3 2014 03 25 03 34 57.7 +10 47 48 1.1350 0.9177 50.5 57.0 2014 03 26 03 41 17.3 +11 10 14 1.1390 0.9302 51.1 56.6 2014 03 27 03 47 34.4 +11 31 59 1.1435 0.9426 51.7 56.2 2014 03 28 03 53 48.8 +11 53 03 1.1485 0.9552 52.3 55.7 2014 03 29 04 00 00.3 +12 13 24 1.1540 0.9678 52.8 55.3 2014 03 30 04 06 08.9 +12 33 02 1.1599 0.9804 53.4 54.9 2014 03 31 04 12 14.3 +12 51 56 1.1664 0.9930 53.9 54.4
Comet 169P/NEAT is at Perihelion (0.608 AU) in the constellation Aquarius on the 15th February 2014
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2014 02 14 23 23 27.5 -07 02 02 1.3593 0.6084 24.0 41.3 2014 02 15 23 29 33.8 -06 37 34 1.3467 0.6079 24.6 42.5 2014 02 16 23 35 42.2 -06 12 39 1.3343 0.6081 25.1 43.6 2014 02 17 23 41 52.6 -05 47 19 1.3221 0.6088 25.7 44.8 2014 02 18 23 48 04.9 -05 21 34 1.3101 0.6102 26.3 45.9 2014 02 19 23 54 19.0 -04 55 26 1.2983 0.6121 26.9 47.0 2014 02 20 00 00 35.0 -04 28 55 1.2867 0.6147 27.6 48.1 2014 02 21 00 06 52.5 -04 02 02 1.2754 0.6178 28.2 49.2 2014 02 22 00 13 11.7 -03 34 48 1.2643 0.6215 28.9 50.2 2014 02 23 00 19 32.5 -03 07 15 1.2535 0.6258 29.5 51.2 2014 02 24 00 25 54.7 -02 39 24 1.2430 0.6306 30.2 52.1 2014 02 25 00 32 18.4 -02 11 16 1.2329 0.6360 30.9 53.0 2014 02 26 00 38 43.4 -01 42 51 1.2231 0.6418 31.5 53.8 2014 02 27 00 45 09.8 -01 14 13 1.2136 0.6481 32.2 54.6 2014 02 28 00 51 37.4 -00 45 22 1.2046 0.6549 32.9 55.3
Comet 169P/NEAT makes its closest approach to the Earth (2.045 AU) on the 19th June, 2013.
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2013 06 18 15 57 09.3 -04 30 09 2.0449 2.9539 147.7 10.6 2013 06 19 15 56 01.6 -04 28 11 2.0448 2.9468 146.6 10.9 2013 06 20 15 54 54.6 -04 26 22 2.0451 2.9397 145.5 11.3 2013 06 21 15 53 48.6 -04 24 42 2.0455 2.9325 144.5 11.6 2013 06 22 15 52 43.5 -04 23 11 2.0462 2.9253 143.4 12.0 2013 06 23 15 51 39.3 -04 21 48 2.0472 2.9181 142.3 12.3 2013 06 24 15 50 36.1 -04 20 35 2.0484 2.9109 141.2 12.6 2013 06 25 15 49 34.0 -04 19 31 2.0498 2.9037 140.1 13.0 2013 06 26 15 48 33.0 -04 18 36 2.0514 2.8964 139.0 13.3 2013 06 27 15 47 33.1 -04 17 51 2.0533 2.8891 137.9 13.6 2013 06 28 15 46 34.4 -04 17 14 2.0554 2.8818 136.8 14.0 2013 06 29 15 45 36.8 -04 16 47 2.0577 2.8745 135.7 14.3 2013 06 30 15 44 40.6 -04 16 28 2.0602 2.8671 134.6 14.6
Comet 169P/NEAT is at Opposition (2.124 AU) on the 26th May, 2013.
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2013 05 25 16 25 59.1 -05 55 58 2.1310 3.1182 164.3 5.0 2013 05 26 16 24 48.5 -05 51 11 2.1240 3.1116 164.4 5.0 2013 05 27 16 23 37.3 -05 46 29 2.1172 3.1050 164.4 5.0 2013 05 28 16 22 25.7 -05 41 52 2.1108 3.0984 164.3 5.1 2013 05 29 16 21 13.6 -05 37 20 2.1047 3.0917 164.0 5.2 2013 05 30 16 20 01.1 -05 32 53 2.0988 3.0850 163.7 5.3 2013 05 31 16 18 48.3 -05 28 32 2.0933 3.0783 163.3 5.4
Comet 169P/NEAT at magnitude 12.6 will pass 0.71° from the open cluster NGC 3228 (magnitude 6.0) at 15:00 UT, 16th January, 2010.