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 1176	6.5322	00h 14m 40s	-14° 48’ 18”
Star	HIP 1161	6.9164	00h 14m 28s	-14° 25’ 53”
Star	HIP 1752	8.7072	00h 22m 12s	-13° 27’ 56”
Star	HIP 1348	8.5114	00h 16m 52s	-14° 43’ 04”
Star	HIP 1658	8.6304	00h 20m 46s	-13° 37’ 53”
Star	HIP 1444	6.4612	00h 17m 58s	-13° 27’ 20”
Star	HIP 1185	6.8014	00h 14m 48s	-14° 10’ 39”
Star	HIP 1821	6.2816	00h 23m 04s	-15° 56’ 33”
Star	HIP 1893	8.6706	00h 23m 56s	-14° 20’ 47”
Star	HIP 1285	8.8976	00h 16m 04s	-14° 03’ 12”
Galaxy	NGC 62	12.3	00h 17m 05s	-13° 29’ 12”
Galaxy	NGC 73	13.5	00h 18m 38s	-15° 19’ 19”

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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