213P/Van Ness live position and data

This page shows Comet 213P/Van Ness 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 213P/Van Ness (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 12367	8.7608	02h 39m 12s	+24° 19’ 10”
Star	HIP 12730	7.4304	02h 43m 37s	+24° 04’ 22”
Star	HIP 12815	8.1762	02h 44m 45s	+24° 11’ 04”
Star	HIP 12998	8.4524	02h 47m 08s	+22° 36’ 14”
Star	HIP 13012	7.1138	02h 47m 15s	+22° 57’ 37”
Star	HIP 13035	7.429	02h 47m 30s	+23° 38’ 11”
Star	HIP 13120	7.3722	02h 48m 45s	+25° 04’ 36”
Star	HIP 13242	8.4214	02h 50m 26s	+23° 40’ 39”
Star	HIP 13277	7.646	02h 50m 53s	+23° 44’ 28”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 213P/Van Ness

• 15 Days Ephemerides
• Interactive Sky Map (Planetarium)
• Rise & Set Times
• Distance from Earth
• Light Curve

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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