209P/LINEAR live position and data

This page shows Comet 209P/LINEAR 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 209P/LINEAR (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 74549	0	15h 13m 58s	-41° 27’ 44”
Star	HIP 74550	0	15h 13m 59s	-41° 27’ 27”
Star	HIP 74752	6.7554	15h 16m 37s	-42° 22’ 12”
Star	HIP 74220	7.5126	15h 10m 00s	-41° 10’ 45”
Star	HIP 74787	8.4842	15h 17m 01s	-39° 56’ 38”
Star	HIP 74807	7.4318	15h 17m 17s	-41° 55’ 37”
Star	HIP 74875	6.274	15h 18m 09s	-41° 03’ 40”
Star	HIP 75072	8.577	15h 20m 28s	-42° 26’ 13”
Star	HIP 74950	5.6016	15h 18m 56s	-40° 47’ 17”
Star	HIP 74244	8.7302	15h 10m 21s	-41° 29’ 39”
Star	HIP 74348	8.914	15h 11m 40s	-42° 11’ 26”
Star	HIP 75141	3.2214	15h 21m 22s	-40° 38’ 50”
Star	HIP 74956	8.7004	15h 19m 01s	-41° 20’ 22”
Star	HIP 75073	8.5438	15h 20m 28s	-42° 34’ 21”
Star	HIP 75100	7.781	15h 20m 46s	-40° 53’ 52”
Star	HIP 74575	8.5694	15h 14m 14s	-40° 32’ 23”
Star	HIP 74519	7.6572	15h 13m 39s	-41° 29’ 37”
Star	HIP 74970	8.0966	15h 19m 12s	-41° 18’ 54”
Star	HIP 74890	6.9386	15h 18m 17s	-41° 25’ 12”
Star	HIP 75234	8.9856	15h 22m 25s	-40° 55’ 36”
Star	HIP 75164	6.1938	15h 21m 35s	-40° 44’ 57”
Star	HIP 74622	7.4664	15h 14m 49s	-42° 19’ 11”
Star	HIP 74302	7.6516	15h 11m 13s	-40° 42’ 57”
Star	HIP 74230	8.6092	15h 10m 10s	-41° 00’ 16”
Star	HIP 74707	5.1284	15h 16m 04s	-41° 29’ 28”
Galaxy	PGC 54166	14.0	15h 10m 52s	-40° 58’ 18”
Galaxy	ESO 328-43	14.0	15h 19m 18s	-41° 13’ 58”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 209P/LINEAR

• 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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