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 25224	0	05h 23m 42s	+50° 44’ 52”
Star	HIP 25635	0	05h 28m 31s	+52° 12’ 51”
Star	HIP 26113	0	05h 34m 08s	+51° 12’ 58”
Star	HIP 24866	8.2376	05h 19m 50s	+51° 01’ 21”
Star	HIP 24805	8.2578	05h 19m 04s	+50° 41’ 45”
Star	HIP 25456	8.767	05h 26m 39s	+50° 16’ 43”
Star	HIP 25052	7.695	05h 21m 49s	+51° 29’ 12”
Star	HIP 25069	8.3416	05h 22m 00s	+52° 12’ 43”
Star	HIP 25920	7.2922	05h 31m 52s	+51° 01’ 41”
Star	HIP 25926	7.6088	05h 31m 56s	+51° 14’ 16”
Star	HIP 25628	8.972	05h 28m 28s	+50° 56’ 22”
Star	HIP 25279	7.5452	05h 24m 27s	+52° 13’ 49”
Star	HIP 25855	7.4204	05h 31m 08s	+51° 16’ 57”
Star	HIP 25316	8.2138	05h 24m 55s	+50° 58’ 53”
Star	HIP 25215	8.8362	05h 23m 37s	+50° 39’ 10”
Star	HIP 25203	7.8266	05h 23m 30s	+50° 13’ 13”
Star	HIP 26031	7.981	05h 33m 13s	+51° 28’ 13”

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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