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 104764	7.4972	21h 13m 25s	-22° 45’ 42”
Star	HIP 104766	7.9728	21h 13m 27s	-22° 32’ 45”
Star	HIP 104810	6.9864	21h 14m 01s	-22° 12’ 43”
Star	HIP 104864	8.3594	21h 14m 32s	-22° 52’ 41”
Star	HIP 104908	7.1304	21h 15m 03s	-21° 48’ 55”
Star	HIP 104926	8.1704	21h 15m 14s	-21° 17’ 41”
Star	HIP 104993	8.1544	21h 15m 52s	-21° 26’ 23”
Star	HIP 105083	7.9154	21h 17m 15s	-21° 44’ 28”
Star	HIP 105084	8.3506	21h 17m 16s	-22° 04’ 30”
Star	HIP 105217	8.6988	21h 18m 44s	-23° 48’ 28”
Star	HIP 105248	8.6302	21h 19m 05s	-21° 16’ 43”
Star	HIP 105284	8.3816	21h 19m 31s	-23° 46’ 19”
Star	HIP 105379	7.7638	21h 20m 41s	-22° 23’ 12”
Star	HIP 105576	5.4608	21h 23m 00s	-22° 40’ 08”

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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