Comet 213P/Van Ness

Comet 213P/Van Ness is currently in the constellation of Virgo. The current Right Ascension of Comet 213P/Van Ness is 11h 58m 48s and the Declination is -06° 38’ 17” (topocentric coordinates computed for the selected location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]). The current estimated magnitude of Comet 213P/Van Ness is 33.76 (JPL).

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Additional information about Comet 213P/Van Ness available on TheSkyLive:

Available Resources

• Position and finder charts (see also Where is Comet 213P/Van Ness?)
• Distance from Earth (see also How far is Comet 213P/Van Ness from Earth?)
• Rise and set times (see also When does Comet 213P/Van Ness rise and set?)
• Brightness (see also How bright is Comet 213P/Van Ness?)
• 15 days ephemerides. Table showing celestial coordinates and magnitude of Comet 213P/Van Ness for the past and next 7 days.
• Interactive sky chart. An online planetarium application that shows where to locate Comet 213P/Van Ness in the sky from your location.
• Live position tracker. A high precision sky chart that uses real deep sky imagery to help locate Comet 213P/Van Ness with your telescope or on your astrophotographies.

Higher precision deep sky finder chart, 60 arcmin wide, showing where Comet 213P/Van Ness is right now. Click on the image to see a more detailed fullscreen tracker view.

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Comet 213P/Van Ness Distance from Earth

The distance of Comet 213P/Van Ness from Earth is currently 660,571,314 kilometers, equivalent to 4.415646 Astronomical Units. Light takes 36 minutes and 43.4287 seconds to travel from Comet 213P/Van Ness and arrive to us.

The following chart shows the distance of Comet 213P/Van Ness from Earth as a function of time. In the chart the distance data is measured in Astronomical Units and sampled with an interval of 1 day.

The value of the reported distance might be somewhat inaccurate around the times of closest approach for objects passing extremely close to Earth. The value of the distance of 213P/Van Ness from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.

Closest approach of Comet 213P/Van Ness to Earth

Between January 2013 and December 2100, the closest approach of Comet 213P/Van Ness to Earth happens on Tue Jul 18 2017 at a distance of 1.054690 Astronomical Units, or 157,779,446 kilometers:

NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.

Comet 213P/Van Ness brightness

The current visual magnitude of Comet 213P/Van Ness is 33.76.

The observed magnitude and coma diameter values are derived from the Comet Observers Database by averaging the values reported in recent observations (more recent than 4 days), when available. The Estimated Magnitude comes from the JPL Horizons ephemerides service and might be inaccurate given the highly dynamic and unpredictable behavior of comets. When available, please refer to the Observed Magnitude value and consider the Estimated Magnitude as a directional indication. We acknowledge with thanks the comet observations from the COBS Comet Observation Database contributed by observers worldwide and used in this table to report recent comet observations.

The following chart is the predicted light curve (visual magnitude as a function of time) of Comet 213P/Van Ness, according to the most recent ephemerides data. Magnitude data is sampled with a 2 days interval and there might be inaccuracies for objects changing brightness very rapidly during the course of a few days. For comets there could be large discrepancies between the observed and predicted brightness because of their highly dynamic behaviour.

Comet 213P/Van Ness rise and set times

Today's Comet 213P/Van Ness rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change] are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

The rise and set times are defined as the time at which the upper limb of Comet 213P/Van Ness touches the horizon, considering the effect of the atmospheric refraction. As the atmospheric conditions cannot be modeled precisely the times reported here should be considered correct with an approximation of few minutes.

Comet 213P/Van Ness 15 Days Ephemeris

The following table lists the ephemerides of Comet 213P/Van Ness computed for the past and next 7 days, with a 24 hours interval. Click on each row of the table to locate Comet 213P/Van Ness in our Online Planetarium at the chosen date.

Date	Right AscensionR.A.	DeclinationDec.	MagnitudeMag	Constellation
2021 Dec 01	11h 54m 53s	-05° 57’ 39”	33.88	Virgo
2021 Dec 02	11h 55m 27s	-06° 03’ 28”	33.86	Virgo
2021 Dec 03	11h 56m 02s	-06° 09’ 15”	33.84	Virgo
2021 Dec 04	11h 56m 35s	-06° 14’ 58”	33.83	Virgo
2021 Dec 05	11h 57m 09s	-06° 20’ 40”	33.81	Virgo
2021 Dec 06	11h 57m 41s	-06° 26’ 20”	33.79	Virgo
2021 Dec 07	11h 58m 13s	-06° 31’ 56”	33.78	Virgo
2021 Dec 08	11h 58m 44s	-06° 37’ 32”	33.76	Virgo
2021 Dec 09	11h 59m 15s	-06° 43’ 04”	33.74	Virgo
2021 Dec 10	11h 59m 44s	-06° 48’ 33”	33.72	Virgo
2021 Dec 11	12h 00m 14s	-06° 54’ 01”	33.71	Virgo
2021 Dec 12	12h 00m 42s	-06° 59’ 25”	33.69	Virgo
2021 Dec 13	12h 01m 10s	-07° 04’ 45”	33.67	Virgo
2021 Dec 14	12h 01m 38s	-07° 10’ 05”	33.65	Virgo