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 62005	8.5084	12h 42m 29s	+01° 19’ 45”
Star	HIP 62016	7.9462	12h 42m 38s	+02° 34’ 36”
Star	HIP 62022	0	12h 42m 47s	+02° 44’ 40”
Star	HIP 62091	8.401	12h 43m 32s	+02° 37’ 15”
Star	HIP 62100	8.6346	12h 43m 37s	+02° 09’ 48”
Star	HIP 62147	8.062	12h 44m 15s	+03° 21’ 03”
Star	HIP 62168	7.7172	12h 44m 25s	+00° 32’ 12”
Star	HIP 62265	8.9792	12h 45m 33s	+00° 59’ 12”
Star	HIP 62307	8.4474	12h 46m 02s	+02° 35’ 35”
Star	HIP 62318	7.9388	12h 46m 14s	+02° 27’ 51”
Star	HIP 62331	8.218	12h 46m 24s	+02° 19’ 40”
Star	HIP 62595	8.0498	12h 49m 33s	+01° 28’ 29”
Galaxy	NGC 4599	13.6	12h 40m 26s	+01° 11’ 45”
Galaxy	NGC 4636	10.4	12h 42m 49s	+02° 41’ 17”
Galaxy	NGC 4643	11.7	12h 43m 20s	+01° 58’ 41”
Galaxy	NGC 4665	11.2	12h 45m 06s	+03° 03’ 25”

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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