217P/LINEAR live position and data

This page shows Comet 217P/LINEAR 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 217P/LINEAR (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 40306	8.6846	08h 13m 50s	+22° 16’ 46”
Star	HIP 40404	8.3722	08h 14m 55s	+21° 04’ 48”
Star	HIP 40471	8.0496	08h 15m 49s	+20° 44’ 45”
Star	HIP 40544	7.5166	08h 16m 45s	+21° 13’ 51”
Star	HIP 40565	8.412	08h 16m 56s	+21° 55’ 11”
Star	HIP 40571	8.7108	08h 16m 58s	+22° 45’ 45”
Star	HIP 40650	8.4832	08h 17m 52s	+21° 10’ 39”
Star	HIP 40696	8.6342	08h 18m 26s	+22° 13’ 13”
Star	HIP 40781	7.8808	08h 19m 23s	+21° 15’ 26”
Star	HIP 40807	8.1244	08h 19m 43s	+20° 55’ 05”
Star	HIP 40813	8.4262	08h 19m 46s	+20° 20’ 12”
Star	HIP 40866	5.6888	08h 20m 20s	+20° 44’ 52”
Star	HIP 40920	8.0756	08h 21m 04s	+22° 01’ 54”
Star	HIP 40950	7.1932	08h 21m 28s	+21° 54’ 33”
Star	HIP 40984	8.2042	08h 21m 51s	+22° 57’ 10”
Star	HIP 40999	8.6412	08h 22m 01s	+23° 05’ 49”
Galaxy	NGC 2545	13.2	08h 14m 14s	+21° 21’ 24”
Galaxy	UGC 4308	13.7	08h 17m 25s	+21° 40’ 59”
Galaxy	NGC 2558	13.8	08h 19m 18s	+20° 30’ 33”
Galaxy	NGC 2565	13.4	08h 19m 48s	+22° 01’ 37”
Galaxy	NGC 2562	13.9	08h 20m 23s	+21° 07’ 55”
Galaxy	NGC 2563	13.3	08h 20m 35s	+21° 04’ 08”
Galaxy	NGC 2577	13.5	08h 22m 43s	+22° 33’ 11”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 217P/LINEAR

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

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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