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 33368	0	06h 56m 22s	+46° 59’ 27”
Star	HIP 33415	5.7696	06h 56m 56s	+46° 42’ 19”
Star	HIP 34257	7.694	07h 06m 03s	+44° 51’ 50”
Star	HIP 34046	7.6718	07h 03m 45s	+47° 15’ 33”
Star	HIP 33876	8.2538	07h 01m 55s	+47° 06’ 30”
Star	HIP 34070	6.9554	07h 03m 59s	+47° 02’ 59”
Star	HIP 34001	8.8246	07h 03m 16s	+46° 07’ 12”
Star	HIP 33377	5.8462	06h 56m 32s	+46° 16’ 26”
Star	HIP 34089	7.7716	07h 04m 06s	+45° 03’ 48”
Star	HIP 34345	8.898	07h 07m 10s	+45° 23’ 44”
Star	HIP 33674	8.7656	06h 59m 45s	+44° 58’ 45”
Star	HIP 33485	4.891	06h 57m 37s	+45° 05’ 38”
Star	HIP 33954	7.6456	07h 02m 43s	+45° 57’ 26”
Star	HIP 34607	8.2282	07h 10m 06s	+46° 52’ 50”
Star	HIP 33271	6.2256	06h 55m 15s	+45° 49’ 35”
Star	HIP 33389	8.1084	06h 56m 36s	+46° 32’ 19”
Star	HIP 34206	8.4036	07h 05m 34s	+46° 40’ 05”
Galaxy	NGC 2303	13.6	06h 56m 18s	+45° 29’ 36”
Galaxy	UGC 3608	13.6	06h 57m 34s	+46° 24’ 12”
Galaxy	UGC 3683	13.8	07h 08m 14s	+46° 06’ 59”

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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