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 64265	8.2464	13h 10m 19s	+05° 00’ 32”
Star	HIP 64645	7.2402	13h 15m 02s	+04° 31’ 03”
Star	HIP 65106	7.014	13h 20m 33s	+04° 49’ 37”
Star	HIP 64800	7.5844	13h 16m 52s	+05° 09’ 41”
Star	HIP 64150	6.7232	13h 08m 50s	+05° 12’ 31”
Star	HIP 64726	8.3494	13h 15m 59s	+04° 38’ 48”
Star	HIP 64733	8.1538	13h 16m 03s	+03° 57’ 51”
Star	HIP 64697	8.8306	13h 15m 36s	+03° 32’ 50”
Star	HIP 64795	8.9818	13h 16m 49s	+05° 55’ 33”
Star	HIP 64453	7.3634	13h 12m 40s	+04° 04’ 05”
Star	HIP 65013	8.1182	13h 19m 35s	+05° 27’ 48”
Star	HIP 64852	4.6254	13h 17m 36s	+05° 28’ 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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