217P/LINEAR Real Time Tracker |
Right Ascension: 16.705390
Declination: -8.713961 (J2000) Magnitude: 20.83 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Ophiucus
Sun Distance: 616227006 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 552999000 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 10 Jul 2017 04:27 UTC [] |
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 in the background 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).
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 81572 | 7.4262 | 16h 39m 35s | -07° 30’ 44” |
Star | HIP 81360 | 8.0152 | 16h 36m 56s | -08° 53’ 11” |
Star | HIP 81663 | 6.387 | 16h 40m 56s | -08° 18’ 34” |
Star | HIP 81580 | 6.2982 | 16h 39m 39s | -09° 33’ 15” |
Star | HIP 81843 | 8.672 | 16h 43m 01s | -08° 57’ 04” |
Star | HIP 81499 | 6.2876 | 16h 38m 47s | -08° 37’ 06” |
Star | HIP 81882 | 7.6934 | 16h 43m 32s | -08° 07’ 06” |
Star | HIP 81318 | 6.852 | 16h 36m 31s | -08° 51’ 14” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: