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 68520	4.2284	14h 01m 38s	+01° 32’ 40”
Star	HIP 68086	8.2354	13h 56m 25s	+00° 51’ 43”
Star	HIP 68505	8.8566	14h 01m 25s	+01° 00’ 09”
Star	HIP 68952	7.828	14h 06m 53s	+00° 57’ 10”
Star	HIP 68450	8.9936	14h 00m 49s	+01° 10’ 10”
Star	HIP 68530	8.5618	14h 01m 45s	+01° 44’ 29”
Star	HIP 68605	8.6144	14h 02m 34s	+00° 02’ 46”
Star	HIP 68539	8.2856	14h 01m 52s	+00° 25’ 20”
Star	HIP 68373	7.812	13h 59m 44s	+00° 02’ 56”
Star	HIP 68776	6.1622	14h 04m 37s	+02° 17’ 51”
Star	HIP 68486	8.9748	14h 01m 15s	+00° 41’ 43”
Star	HIP 68415	7.1302	14h 00m 20s	+02° 40’ 28”
Star	HIP 68799	8.6978	14h 04m 58s	+01° 56’ 58”
Star	HIP 68092	5.8886	13h 56m 27s	+01° 03’ 01”
Star	HIP 68250	8.5492	13h 58m 20s	+02° 13’ 14”
Star	HIP 68864	8.6198	14h 06m 06s	+01° 30’ 50”
Star	HIP 68027	7.9648	13h 55m 48s	+01° 31’ 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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