9 Metis live position and data

This page shows Asteroid 9 Metis 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 Asteroid 9 Metis (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 2343	7.4316	00h 29m 55s	-01° 07’ 03”
Star	HIP 2585	8.5994	00h 32m 49s	-00° 26’ 44”
Star	HIP 2323	6.745	00h 29m 39s	-02° 50’ 25”
Star	HIP 2496	7.0638	00h 31m 40s	-01° 47’ 37”
Star	HIP 2208	8.4428	00h 27m 55s	-01° 40’ 53”
Star	HIP 2654	8.6988	00h 33m 38s	-02° 44’ 06”
Star	HIP 2735	8.6466	00h 34m 55s	-01° 18’ 36”
Star	HIP 2698	8.5002	00h 34m 15s	-02° 23’ 52”
Star	HIP 2333	7.734	00h 29m 50s	-00° 19’ 15”
Star	HIP 2641	7.1552	00h 33m 29s	-00° 36’ 31”
Star	HIP 2787	5.9054	00h 35m 32s	-00° 30’ 19”
Galaxy	NGC 161	14.0	00h 35m 34s	-02° 50’ 56”
Galaxy	NGC 124	13.8	00h 27m 52s	-01° 48’ 37”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Asteroid 9 Metis

• 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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