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 38547	7.8696	07h 53m 37s	+10° 41’ 13”
Star	HIP 38672	8.87	07h 55m 03s	+10° 23’ 04”
Star	HIP 38682	6.687	07h 55m 11s	+09° 20’ 59”
Star	HIP 38712	5.8198	07h 55m 31s	+08° 51’ 47”
Star	HIP 38734	7.0036	07h 55m 47s	+10° 26’ 36”
Star	HIP 38786	7.8082	07h 56m 20s	+10° 51’ 53”
Star	HIP 38810	7.6916	07h 56m 33s	+11° 02’ 44”
Star	HIP 38829	7.775	07h 56m 46s	+09° 02’ 53”
Star	HIP 38843	7.72	07h 56m 56s	+11° 41’ 18”
Star	HIP 38992	8.0326	07h 58m 50s	+10° 07’ 46”
Star	HIP 39006	8.5966	07h 58m 57s	+11° 41’ 42”
Star	HIP 39058	7.8418	07h 59m 25s	+09° 56’ 08”
Star	HIP 39096	7.9404	07h 59m 53s	+09° 53’ 56”
Star	HIP 39134	7.185	08h 00m 18s	+08° 58’ 27”
Star	HIP 39258	7.9722	08h 01m 41s	+09° 37’ 37”
Star	HIP 39398	7.358	08h 03m 14s	+09° 56’ 34”
Galaxy	NGC 2513	12.6	08h 02m 25s	+09° 24’ 46”

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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