237P/LINEAR live position and data

This page shows Comet 237P/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 237P/LINEAR (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 98720	8.3974	20h 03m 03s	-07° 41’ 50”
Star	HIP 98038	6.4626	19h 55m 19s	-06° 44’ 04”
Star	HIP 98596	8.6074	20h 01m 35s	-06° 22’ 29”
Star	HIP 98944	8.8924	20h 05m 20s	-06° 35’ 05”
Star	HIP 98290	8.2096	19h 58m 14s	-06° 21’ 02”
Star	HIP 98187	7.8558	19h 57m 11s	-07° 24’ 16”
Star	HIP 98259	7.6178	19h 57m 57s	-06° 26’ 41”
Star	HIP 98210	6.4758	19h 57m 24s	-06° 41’ 51”
Star	HIP 98809	6.6498	20h 04m 01s	-07° 28’ 09”
Star	HIP 98387	7.7378	19h 59m 24s	-08° 05’ 21”
Star	HIP 98663	8.352	20h 02m 23s	-07° 14’ 05”

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.

Close