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 18474	8.7046	03h 56m 53s	+15° 32’ 13”
Star	HIP 18542	8.226	03h 57m 59s	+15° 37’ 41”
Star	HIP 18576	8.3442	03h 58m 35s	+15° 05’ 10”
Star	HIP 18595	8.2546	03h 58m 44s	+17° 07’ 08”
Star	HIP 18609	8.8334	03h 58m 55s	+16° 54’ 13”
Star	HIP 18626	8.712	03h 59m 12s	+15° 48’ 52”
Star	HIP 18717	6.3092	04h 00m 36s	+17° 17’ 48”
Star	HIP 18730	7.5666	04h 00m 44s	+15° 28’ 31”
Star	HIP 18864	8.6804	04h 02m 38s	+15° 03’ 43”
Star	HIP 18998	7.8852	04h 04m 12s	+15° 01’ 36”
Star	HIP 19036	6.5324	04h 04m 39s	+17° 31’ 03”
Star	HIP 19120	8.1056	04h 05m 55s	+15° 29’ 56”
Star	HIP 19148	7.754	04h 06m 16s	+15° 41’ 53”

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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