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 54969	8.4316	11h 15m 21s	+12° 20’ 55”
Star	HIP 55092	8.9372	11h 16m 47s	+11° 50’ 34”
Star	HIP 55029	6.8236	11h 15m 56s	+12° 36’ 49”
Star	HIP 55428	8.5612	11h 21m 04s	+12° 33’ 27”
Star	HIP 54618	8.6454	11h 10m 40s	+13° 07’ 08”
Star	HIP 55209	6.6574	11h 18m 21s	+11° 59’ 04”
Star	HIP 54730	8.07	11h 12m 18s	+13° 13’ 14”
Star	HIP 55262	7.0882	11h 19m 06s	+13° 23’ 26”
Star	HIP 55033	6.6342	11h 15m 57s	+12° 50’ 41”
Star	HIP 55351	8.4844	11h 20m 04s	+12° 03’ 26”
Star	HIP 55016	5.1962	11h 15m 51s	+13° 18’ 27”
Star	HIP 55167	7.4636	11h 17m 42s	+12° 23’ 59”
Galaxy	NGC 3623	10.1	11h 18m 55s	+13° 05’ 35”
Galaxy	NGC 3627	9.7	11h 20m 14s	+12° 59’ 41”
Galaxy	IC 677	13.7	11h 13m 56s	+12° 18’ 03”
Galaxy	NGC 3628	10.4	11h 20m 16s	+13° 35’ 21”
Galaxy	NGC 3593	11.9	11h 14m 36s	+12° 49’ 05”

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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