Comet 213P/Van Ness

Available Resources

• Position (see also Where is Comet 213P/Van Ness?)
• Distance (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 hight precision sky chart that uses real deep sky imagery to help locate Comet 213P/Van Ness with your telescope or on your astrophotographies.

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 1.05469045 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 33.73.

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 behvior 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, consideting the effect of the atmospheric refraction. As the atmoshpere 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
2019 Jul 17	06h 57m 48s	+27° 09’ 30”	33.67	Gemini
2019 Jul 18	06h 58m 59s	+27° 07’ 24”	33.67	Gemini
2019 Jul 19	07h 00m 09s	+27° 05’ 17”	33.68	Gemini
2019 Jul 20	07h 01m 18s	+27° 03’ 10”	33.69	Gemini
2019 Jul 21	07h 02m 26s	+27° 01’ 00”	33.70	Gemini
2019 Jul 22	07h 03m 35s	+26° 58’ 50”	33.71	Gemini
2019 Jul 23	07h 04m 44s	+26° 56’ 39”	33.72	Gemini
2019 Jul 24	07h 05m 53s	+26° 54’ 26”	33.73	Gemini
2019 Jul 25	07h 07m 00s	+26° 52’ 13”	33.74	Gemini
2019 Jul 26	07h 08m 08s	+26° 49’ 59”	33.75	Gemini
2019 Jul 27	07h 09m 16s	+26° 47’ 44”	33.76	Gemini
2019 Jul 28	07h 10m 23s	+26° 45’ 28”	33.77	Gemini
2019 Jul 29	07h 11m 30s	+26° 43’ 10”	33.77	Gemini
2019 Jul 30	07h 12m 38s	+26° 40’ 53”	33.78	Gemini