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 36075	7.9226	07h 25m 59s	+42° 09’ 59”
Star	HIP 36511	8.8902	07h 30m 39s	+41° 15’ 28”
Star	HIP 36475	8.0612	07h 30m 18s	+41° 35’ 56”
Star	HIP 35968	7.6982	07h 24m 48s	+41° 58’ 11”
Star	HIP 36920	8.8768	07h 35m 24s	+41° 27’ 58”
Star	HIP 35907	5.0636	07h 24m 08s	+40° 40’ 20”
Star	HIP 36507	7.0942	07h 30m 39s	+41° 53’ 25”
Star	HIP 35852	7.841	07h 23m 29s	+41° 21’ 50”
Star	HIP 36873	7.8704	07h 34m 49s	+40° 52’ 36”
Star	HIP 36533	8.5382	07h 30m 56s	+40° 26’ 34”
Star	HIP 36597	7.3436	07h 31m 37s	+42° 38’ 29”
Star	HIP 36906	7.575	07h 35m 16s	+40° 30’ 23”
Star	HIP 36769	7.6288	07h 33m 45s	+41° 10’ 26”
Star	HIP 36285	7.3314	07h 28m 10s	+40° 39’ 24”
Star	HIP 35811	7.5202	07h 23m 08s	+40° 41’ 59”
Star	HIP 36804	7.9036	07h 34m 09s	+42° 05’ 15”

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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