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 36180	0	07h 27m 04s	+24° 09’ 23”
Star	HIP 36560	0	07h 31m 13s	+23° 15’ 25”
Star	HIP 36279	7.8314	07h 28m 08s	+22° 39’ 07”
Star	HIP 36161	8.8354	07h 26m 58s	+23° 55’ 39”
Star	HIP 36691	8.782	07h 32m 50s	+22° 53’ 03”
Star	HIP 36690	6.4166	07h 32m 50s	+22° 53’ 15”
Star	HIP 36623	7.7792	07h 31m 54s	+24° 30’ 12”
Star	HIP 36326	7.5636	07h 28m 40s	+24° 38’ 55”
Star	HIP 35842	6.1682	07h 23m 28s	+22° 56’ 43”
Star	HIP 36386	7.6422	07h 29m 18s	+22° 47’ 19”
Star	HIP 35930	8.109	07h 24m 24s	+22° 55’ 39”
Star	HIP 36232	6.6164	07h 27m 40s	+22° 08’ 29”
Star	HIP 36603	7.5186	07h 31m 39s	+23° 59’ 59”
Star	HIP 36268	8.417	07h 28m 03s	+25° 01’ 40”

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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