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 3678	0	00h 47m 03s	-11° 52’ 18”
Star	HIP 3734	7.671	00h 47m 57s	-09° 20’ 49”
Star	HIP 3610	7.6242	00h 46m 13s	-11° 27’ 08”
Star	HIP 3630	8.4074	00h 46m 31s	-09° 34’ 27”
Star	HIP 3455	4.6658	00h 44m 11s	-10° 36’ 33”
Star	HIP 3725	7.6038	00h 47m 50s	-10° 54’ 15”
Star	HIP 4078	8.7372	00h 52m 17s	-10° 43’ 49”
Star	HIP 3670	7.8922	00h 46m 58s	-11° 09’ 46”
Star	HIP 3216	8.921	00h 40m 53s	-09° 57’ 36”
Star	HIP 3369	6.6028	00h 42m 50s	-09° 55’ 17”
Star	HIP 3386	8.0706	00h 43m 02s	-10° 29’ 44”
Star	HIP 3909	5.131	00h 50m 07s	-10° 38’ 37”
Star	HIP 3861	7.4726	00h 49m 34s	-10° 57’ 40”
Galaxy	NGC 217	13.5	00h 41m 33s	-10° 01’ 19”
Galaxy	NGC 255	12.4	00h 47m 47s	-11° 28’ 08”

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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