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 106181	8.3656	21h 30m 23s	-24° 25’ 38”
Star	HIP 106185	7.158	21h 30m 26s	-25° 11’ 35”
Star	HIP 106289	7.8356	21h 31m 39s	-25° 18’ 03”
Star	HIP 106310	7.2286	21h 31m 51s	-25° 24’ 45”
Star	HIP 106363	6.4204	21h 32m 33s	-24° 35’ 25”
Star	HIP 106368	8.1946	21h 32m 37s	-24° 09’ 15”
Star	HIP 106590	6.2778	21h 35m 15s	-23° 27’ 15”
Star	HIP 106591	7.93	21h 35m 17s	-25° 19’ 05”
Star	HIP 106600	7.8864	21h 35m 22s	-23° 07’ 04”
Star	HIP 106759	8.0282	21h 37m 34s	-24° 27’ 08”
Star	HIP 106778	8.1034	21h 37m 42s	-23° 41’ 42”
Star	HIP 106792	0	21h 37m 49s	-25° 12’ 00”
Star	HIP 106807	8.5836	21h 37m 57s	-23° 04’ 05”
Star	HIP 106826	7.2728	21h 38m 10s	-25° 26’ 42”
Star	HIP 106887	7.3754	21h 38m 57s	-24° 26’ 59”
Star	HIP 106975	7.9742	21h 39m 55s	-25° 13’ 27”
Star	HIP 106997	8.6966	21h 40m 10s	-24° 41’ 34”
Star	HIP 107037	8.2332	21h 40m 41s	-23° 54’ 22”
Galaxy	ESO 531-2	13.7	21h 32m 26s	-23° 56’ 53”

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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