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 58321	0	11h 57m 33s	+11° 49’ 37”
Star	HIP 58260	7.9244	11h 56m 53s	+10° 31’ 33”
Star	HIP 58035	7.7858	11h 54m 07s	+09° 53’ 35”
Star	HIP 58031	7.8874	11h 54m 07s	+12° 03’ 24”
Star	HIP 58442	8.8496	11h 59m 03s	+12° 04’ 16”
Star	HIP 58393	8.5318	11h 58m 23s	+09° 33’ 09”
Star	HIP 58010	8.4292	11h 53m 53s	+11° 07’ 10”
Star	HIP 58179	8.8592	11h 55m 56s	+09° 50’ 49”
Star	HIP 58228	8.557	11h 56m 33s	+12° 20’ 54”
Star	HIP 57852	8.6332	11h 51m 51s	+09° 58’ 39”
Star	HIP 57821	7.0218	11h 51m 24s	+11° 48’ 18”
Star	HIP 58652	8.7164	12h 01m 38s	+11° 04’ 09”
Star	HIP 57882	8.3016	11h 52m 17s	+10° 59’ 14”
Star	HIP 58646	8.9982	12h 01m 32s	+10° 21’ 02”
Star	HIP 58207	8.5272	11h 56m 15s	+09° 54’ 42”
Star	HIP 57888	7.4904	11h 52m 21s	+09° 56’ 52”
Star	HIP 58098	8.8192	11h 54m 55s	+11° 41’ 41”
Star	HIP 58049	7.9108	11h 54m 22s	+10° 02’ 56”
Galaxy	NGC 3968	12.7	11h 55m 28s	+11° 58’ 13”

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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