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 28930	5.8954	06h 06m 22s	+29° 30’ 44”
Star	HIP 28904	7.4642	06h 06m 06s	+28° 56’ 05”
Star	HIP 29352	7.808	06h 11m 14s	+28° 54’ 27”
Star	HIP 28649	7.5698	06h 02m 59s	+28° 40’ 37”
Star	HIP 29510	8.3598	06h 13m 00s	+27° 25’ 54”
Star	HIP 29198	7.8274	06h 09m 32s	+28° 39’ 56”
Star	HIP 28922	7.3464	06h 06m 16s	+29° 05’ 49”
Star	HIP 28723	7.6066	06h 04m 01s	+27° 34’ 13”
Star	HIP 29224	7.81	06h 09m 43s	+29° 14’ 18”
Star	HIP 29074	7.9622	06h 07m 59s	+27° 25’ 42”
Star	HIP 28939	8.63	06h 06m 28s	+27° 03’ 20”
Star	HIP 28920	8.6374	06h 06m 15s	+27° 56’ 04”
Star	HIP 29188	7.7268	06h 09m 26s	+27° 11’ 38”
Star	HIP 29044	8.449	06h 07m 39s	+27° 51’ 35”
Star	HIP 28748	7.9744	06h 04m 16s	+28° 18’ 03”

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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