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 20286	8.513	04h 20m 52s	+31° 14’ 43”
Star	HIP 19895	7.6984	04h 16m 02s	+30° 02’ 09”
Star	HIP 19876	7.9976	04h 15m 45s	+31° 23’ 50”
Star	HIP 20178	7.4964	04h 19m 30s	+30° 52’ 59”
Star	HIP 20231	6.0146	04h 20m 09s	+31° 57’ 11”
Star	HIP 20539	8.9982	04h 24m 04s	+31° 51’ 18”
Star	HIP 19618	8.529	04h 12m 13s	+32° 11’ 12”
Star	HIP 19883	7.3166	04h 15m 55s	+31° 41’ 35”
Star	HIP 20426	7.1042	04h 22m 33s	+32° 28’ 04”
Star	HIP 19576	7.693	04h 11m 41s	+31° 33’ 02”
Star	HIP 20227	8.7762	04h 20m 06s	+31° 08’ 27”
Star	HIP 20072	7.676	04h 18m 14s	+32° 23’ 26”
Star	HIP 20230	8.6904	04h 20m 09s	+30° 53’ 09”

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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