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 8590	0	01h 50m 52s	-12° 12’ 13”
Star	HIP 8691	0	01h 51m 48s	-10° 48’ 07”
Star	HIP 8304	8.2318	01h 47m 06s	-09° 35’ 57”
Star	HIP 8486	6.6622	01h 49m 23s	-10° 42’ 11”
Star	HIP 8729	8.3126	01h 52m 15s	-09° 43’ 49”
Star	HIP 8892	8.6578	01h 54m 27s	-11° 01’ 43”
Star	HIP 8268	7.3886	01h 46m 31s	-10° 35’ 52”
Star	HIP 8509	8.3764	01h 49m 43s	-10° 22’ 26”
Star	HIP 8140	8.2596	01h 44m 40s	-11° 30’ 28”
Star	HIP 8050	8.77	01h 43m 20s	-11° 04’ 36”
Star	HIP 8497	4.6334	01h 49m 35s	-10° 41’ 10”
Star	HIP 8645	3.6206	01h 51m 27s	-10° 20’ 05”
Galaxy	PGC 6450	13.6	01h 45m 28s	-10° 05’ 38”
Galaxy	PGC 6667	12.7	01h 49m 10s	-10° 03’ 44”
Galaxy	NGC 681	12.8	01h 49m 10s	-10° 25’ 40”
Galaxy	NGC 701	12.8	01h 51m 03s	-09° 42’ 14”

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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