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 17325	8.3988	03h 42m 29s	+20° 09’ 00”
Star	HIP 17340	7.8394	03h 42m 41s	+21° 16’ 53”
Star	HIP 17453	6.0846	03h 44m 28s	+20° 55’ 43”
Star	HIP 17481	8.7134	03h 44m 44s	+20° 44’ 53”
Star	HIP 17503	8.4302	03h 44m 52s	+19° 49’ 50”
Star	HIP 17552	7.7204	03h 45m 31s	+21° 14’ 48”
Star	HIP 17607	0	03h 46m 19s	+20° 52’ 47”
Star	HIP 17763	7.9432	03h 48m 10s	+21° 19’ 44”
Star	HIP 17837	8.1082	03h 49m 00s	+21° 20’ 31”
Star	HIP 17909	8.3374	03h 49m 47s	+21° 09’ 36”
Star	HIP 17921	6.0736	03h 49m 55s	+22° 14’ 39”
Star	HIP 18059	6.6178	03h 51m 36s	+22° 01’ 53”

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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