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 39297	8.45	08h 02m 05s	+24° 58’ 35”
Star	HIP 39811	8.8712	08h 08m 06s	+24° 42’ 54”
Star	HIP 39465	8.5818	08h 03m 58s	+23° 24’ 20”
Star	HIP 39263	6.3146	08h 01m 43s	+25° 05’ 21”
Star	HIP 39790	7.937	08h 07m 51s	+24° 01’ 05”
Star	HIP 39546	8.2826	08h 04m 52s	+23° 36’ 49”
Star	HIP 39387	8.8924	08h 03m 08s	+24° 35’ 22”
Star	HIP 39941	7.174	08h 09m 24s	+24° 49’ 34”
Star	HIP 39235	7.14	08h 01m 30s	+23° 54’ 45”
Star	HIP 39648	7.96	08h 06m 07s	+25° 29’ 37”
Star	HIP 39194	6.2594	08h 01m 00s	+23° 34’ 59”
Star	HIP 39148	7.9538	08h 00m 26s	+25° 02’ 02”
Star	HIP 39191	5.7658	08h 00m 55s	+25° 23’ 34”
Star	HIP 39528	8.316	08h 04m 42s	+24° 19’ 48”
Star	HIP 39686	8.89	08h 06m 36s	+24° 08’ 48”
Galaxy	NGC 2487	13.2	07h 58m 20s	+25° 08’ 58”
Galaxy	NGC 2512	13.9	08h 03m 07s	+23° 23’ 32”

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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