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 59452	7.0692	12h 11m 40s	-10° 34’ 14”
Star	HIP 59118	8.1926	12h 07m 22s	-10° 44’ 22”
Star	HIP 59600	8.6466	12h 13m 20s	-09° 04’ 46”
Star	HIP 58936	8.34	12h 05m 05s	-09° 18’ 30”
Star	HIP 59367	7.3912	12h 10m 48s	-09° 23’ 49”
Star	HIP 59060	8.6064	12h 06m 43s	-09° 24’ 36”
Star	HIP 59720	8.6948	12h 14m 51s	-10° 24’ 01”
Star	HIP 58830	6.5688	12h 04m 00s	-10° 17’ 46”
Star	HIP 59625	7.5224	12h 13m 37s	-09° 30’ 47”
Star	HIP 59359	7.9486	12h 10m 41s	-09° 24’ 06”
Galaxy	PGC 38426	14.0	12h 06m 50s	-11° 05’ 56”
Galaxy	NGC 4129	13.1	12h 08m 53s	-09° 02’ 13”

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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