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 61413	0	12h 35m 00s	+09° 49’ 45”
Star	HIP 61636	8.9446	12h 38m 03s	+09° 48’ 48”
Star	HIP 61374	8.0938	12h 34m 37s	+11° 18’ 03”
Star	HIP 61539	8.6766	12h 36m 28s	+10° 43’ 47”
Star	HIP 61035	7.431	12h 30m 33s	+09° 42’ 57”
Star	HIP 61493	8.2202	12h 35m 57s	+11° 24’ 20”
Star	HIP 61640	8.5212	12h 38m 08s	+09° 35’ 08”
Star	HIP 61246	6.192	12h 33m 02s	+10° 17’ 44”
Star	HIP 61353	7.5734	12h 34m 20s	+10° 55’ 16”
Star	HIP 60945	8.5034	12h 29m 32s	+11° 29’ 32”
Star	HIP 61423	7.4486	12h 35m 10s	+11° 32’ 51”
Star	HIP 61397	7.876	12h 34m 51s	+10° 50’ 10”
Star	HIP 61129	8.4806	12h 31m 37s	+10° 16’ 03”
Star	HIP 61618	7.4394	12h 37m 38s	+10° 35’ 02”
Galaxy	NGC 4578	12.2	12h 37m 30s	+09° 33’ 17”
Galaxy	NGC 4522	12.8	12h 33m 40s	+09° 10’ 30”
Galaxy	NGC 4564	12.0	12h 36m 26s	+11° 26’ 21”
Galaxy	NGC 4491	13.5	12h 30m 56s	+11° 29’ 00”
Galaxy	IC 3418	14.0	12h 29m 43s	+11° 24’ 06”
Galaxy	IC 3468	14.0	12h 32m 14s	+10° 14’ 57”
Galaxy	NGC 4503	12.1	12h 32m 06s	+11° 10’ 41”
Galaxy	NGC 4567	12.1	12h 36m 32s	+11° 15’ 30”
Galaxy	NGC 4568	11.7	12h 36m 34s	+11° 14’ 15”
Galaxy	NGC 4482	13.7	12h 30m 10s	+10° 46’ 47”
Galaxy	NGC 4528	12.9	12h 34m 06s	+11° 19’ 20”
Galaxy	NGC 4497	13.4	12h 31m 32s	+11° 37’ 36”

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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