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 58359	8.3956	11h 58m 01s	+14° 02’ 15”
Star	HIP 58031	7.8874	11h 54m 07s	+12° 03’ 24”
Star	HIP 58228	8.557	11h 56m 33s	+12° 20’ 54”
Star	HIP 58069	7.779	11h 54m 33s	+14° 09’ 05”
Star	HIP 57721	8.4142	11h 50m 14s	+13° 00’ 49”
Star	HIP 57941	7.3986	11h 52m 56s	+13° 25’ 16”
Star	HIP 58140	8.668	11h 55m 27s	+13° 37’ 02”
Star	HIP 58605	8.496	12h 01m 03s	+13° 00’ 30”
Star	HIP 58221	6.5832	11h 56m 26s	+14° 11’ 10”
Star	HIP 57932	8.4124	11h 52m 53s	+13° 44’ 39”
Star	HIP 57886	8.5904	11h 52m 18s	+13° 29’ 13”
Star	HIP 58006	7.686	11h 53m 51s	+14° 01’ 46”
Galaxy	NGC 4037	12.8	12h 01m 23s	+13° 24’ 06”

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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