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 35495	0	07h 19m 30s	+32° 49’ 51”
Star	HIP 35667	0	07h 21m 33s	+30° 52’ 59”
Star	HIP 35048	8.9802	07h 14m 53s	+31° 29’ 05”
Star	HIP 35265	6.884	07h 17m 09s	+33° 05’ 32”
Star	HIP 35297	8.8494	07h 17m 29s	+33° 12’ 01”
Star	HIP 34648	8.901	07h 10m 32s	+31° 58’ 46”
Star	HIP 35372	8.173	07h 18m 26s	+30° 49’ 27”
Star	HIP 34920	7.326	07h 13m 30s	+32° 08’ 43”
Star	HIP 35193	8.6646	07h 16m 23s	+30° 42’ 18”
Star	HIP 34881	6.9028	07h 13m 04s	+31° 57’ 55”
Star	HIP 35272	7.6904	07h 17m 13s	+31° 57’ 41”
Star	HIP 34745	8.083	07h 11m 37s	+31° 22’ 39”
Star	HIP 35345	6.1972	07h 18m 04s	+30° 57’ 21”
Star	HIP 34671	7.5022	07h 10m 48s	+32° 13’ 24”
Star	HIP 35298	6.7526	07h 17m 30s	+31° 41’ 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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