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 11085	8.6838	02h 22m 45s	+04° 57’ 25”
Star	HIP 11151	8.8928	02h 23m 26s	+06° 36’ 06”
Star	HIP 11182	0	02h 24m 00s	+04° 52’ 18”
Star	HIP 11251	8.1916	02h 24m 50s	+05° 01’ 29”
Star	HIP 11312	8.4914	02h 25m 37s	+07° 13’ 48”
Star	HIP 11349	7.8372	02h 26m 01s	+05° 46’ 45”
Star	HIP 11360	6.7662	02h 26m 16s	+06° 17’ 33”
Star	HIP 11411	7.9874	02h 27m 03s	+06° 13’ 35”
Star	HIP 11452	8.5794	02h 27m 45s	+04° 25’ 53”
Star	HIP 11599	7.88	02h 29m 32s	+05° 46’ 02”
Star	HIP 11637	8.08	02h 30m 07s	+04° 36’ 17”
Star	HIP 11650	0	02h 30m 16s	+05° 15’ 50”

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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