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 556	8.1584	00h 06m 46s	-04° 20’ 59”
Star	HIP 515	8.6728	00h 06m 13s	-01° 53’ 13”
Star	HIP 438	7.853	00h 05m 18s	-01° 47’ 38”
Star	HIP 569	8.2002	00h 06m 53s	-03° 37’ 32”
Star	HIP 803	6.7108	00h 09m 55s	-02° 33’ 40”
Star	HIP 931	7.4638	00h 11m 35s	-03° 04’ 40”
Star	HIP 1033	7.2362	00h 12m 55s	-03° 22’ 53”
Star	HIP 906	6.634	00h 11m 09s	-03° 19’ 16”
Star	HIP 664	6.0702	00h 08m 12s	-02° 26’ 51”
Star	HIP 892	7.8178	00h 10m 56s	-02° 04’ 28”
Star	HIP 635	6.4452	00h 07m 44s	-02° 32’ 55”
Star	HIP 700	6.9784	00h 08m 43s	-02° 13’ 21”
Star	HIP 453	7.4786	00h 05m 25s	-03° 51’ 05”
Galaxy	NGC 7832	13.3	00h 06m 28s	-03° 42’ 56”

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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