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 22557	8.8	04h 51m 14s	+24° 17’ 27”
Star	HIP 22725	8.5638	04h 53m 18s	+24° 54’ 09”
Star	HIP 22729	7.5804	04h 53m 22s	+24° 10’ 38”
Star	HIP 22747	7.1232	04h 53m 36s	+25° 21’ 58”
Star	HIP 22792	7.4908	04h 54m 12s	+23° 59’ 56”
Star	HIP 22877	8.437	04h 55m 16s	+25° 16’ 37”
Star	HIP 22949	6.2934	04h 56m 15s	+24° 35’ 32”
Star	HIP 23027	8.5942	04h 57m 06s	+24° 45’ 07”
Star	HIP 23068	5.6996	04h 57m 48s	+23° 56’ 54”
Star	HIP 23088	5.7864	04h 58m 09s	+25° 03’ 01”
Star	HIP 23151	8.0096	04h 58m 52s	+24° 29’ 44”
Star	HIP 23201	8.2744	04h 59m 35s	+25° 48’ 26”
Star	HIP 23204	7.209	04h 59m 36s	+25° 56’ 09”
Star	HIP 23209	8.4302	04h 59m 38s	+26° 15’ 00”
Star	HIP 23259	7.9832	05h 00m 17s	+25° 08’ 11”

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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