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 51419	7.8776	10h 30m 06s	+20° 48’ 04”
Star	HIP 51161	6.0152	10h 27m 00s	+19° 21’ 52”
Star	HIP 51147	7.6676	10h 26m 54s	+19° 30’ 44”
Star	HIP 51644	8.2546	10h 33m 05s	+19° 33’ 59”
Star	HIP 51404	8.5056	10h 29m 57s	+20° 40’ 40”
Star	HIP 51178	8.3276	10h 27m 10s	+19° 48’ 49”
Star	HIP 51701	7.2574	10h 33m 50s	+20° 18’ 14”
Star	HIP 51264	8.1864	10h 28m 18s	+18° 54’ 44”
Star	HIP 51155	7.852	10h 26m 58s	+20° 26’ 01”
Star	HIP 51241	8.1932	10h 27m 58s	+18° 35’ 30”
Star	HIP 51219	8.2674	10h 27m 43s	+20° 07’ 46”
Star	HIP 51067	8.897	10h 26m 04s	+19° 24’ 05”
Star	HIP 50848	7.0348	10h 22m 59s	+19° 07’ 51”
Galaxy	NGC 3222	14.0	10h 22m 34s	+19° 53’ 12”
Galaxy	NGC 3227	11.3	10h 23m 31s	+19° 51’ 47”
Galaxy	NGC 3226	12.4	10h 23m 27s	+19° 53’ 54”

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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