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 4725	0	01h 00m 40s	-15° 57’ 27”
Star	HIP 4310	7.8076	00h 55m 11s	-16° 58’ 15”
Star	HIP 4240	7.5	00h 54m 06s	-16° 10’ 31”
Star	HIP 4669	8.8602	00h 59m 57s	-18° 03’ 42”
Star	HIP 4774	8.0644	01h 01m 20s	-16° 17’ 40”
Star	HIP 4540	6.9918	00h 58m 09s	-15° 40’ 58”
Star	HIP 4801	6.3444	01h 01m 38s	-16° 15’ 55”
Star	HIP 4299	8.3438	00h 55m 05s	-17° 26’ 34”
Star	HIP 4506	7.5644	00h 57m 43s	-15° 47’ 13”
Star	HIP 4718	8.9474	01h 00m 34s	-17° 05’ 15”
Star	HIP 4721	7.848	01h 00m 38s	-18° 07’ 08”
Star	HIP 4247	8.9304	00h 54m 10s	-16° 26’ 05”
Star	HIP 4355	8.2096	00h 55m 49s	-17° 18’ 31”
Star	HIP 4356	8.6002	00h 55m 49s	-16° 22’ 06”
Galaxy	IC 1610	13.6	01h 01m 42s	-15° 34’ 18”
Galaxy	PGC 3562	13.7	00h 59m 39s	-18° 18’ 10”
Galaxy	PGC 3481	13.8	00h 58m 19s	-15° 23’ 31”

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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