230P/LINEAR live position and data

This page shows Comet 230P/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).

Current close conjunctions

List of bright objects (stars brighter than magnitude 9.0 and galaxies brighter than magmitude 14.0) close to Comet 230P/LINEAR (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 59181	0	12h 08m 11s	+17° 03’ 17”
Star	HIP 59011	7.8964	12h 05m 59s	+16° 46’ 22”
Star	HIP 58831	7.5772	12h 04m 01s	+18° 48’ 53”
Star	HIP 59130	8.7848	12h 07m 31s	+17° 43’ 53”
Star	HIP 58919	8.5998	12h 04m 56s	+17° 28’ 37”
Star	HIP 59352	6.3856	12h 10m 31s	+16° 48’ 33”
Star	HIP 59246	7.0708	12h 09m 12s	+17° 11’ 10”
Star	HIP 58963	7.6026	12h 05m 25s	+17° 17’ 21”
Star	HIP 59391	7.8798	12h 11m 02s	+18° 37’ 30”
Star	HIP 59049	8.8118	12h 06m 22s	+18° 12’ 02”
Galaxy	PGC 38455	14.0	12h 07m 09s	+16° 54’ 18”
Galaxy	NGC 4064	11.6	12h 04m 10s	+18° 26’ 34”

Additional resources

• 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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