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 65714	0	13h 28m 20s	-02° 21’ 32”
Star	HIP 65708	7.365	13h 28m 18s	-00° 50’ 21”
Star	HIP 65920	6.794	13h 30m 51s	-03° 02’ 59”
Star	HIP 65796	6.3024	13h 29m 14s	-01° 21’ 51”
Star	HIP 65840	8.58	13h 29m 47s	-01° 23’ 48”
Star	HIP 65879	7.8174	13h 30m 14s	-01° 53’ 42”
Star	HIP 65478	8.3272	13h 25m 13s	-02° 13’ 31”
Star	HIP 65934	8.7742	13h 31m 01s	-02° 49’ 00”
Star	HIP 65399	8.2086	13h 24m 14s	-02° 06’ 26”
Star	HIP 65982	7.2716	13h 31m 40s	-02° 19’ 04”
Star	HIP 65943	8.4506	13h 31m 10s	-02° 15’ 43”
Star	HIP 65545	5.954	13h 26m 11s	-01° 11’ 32”
Galaxy	NGC 5183	13.5	13h 30m 06s	-01° 43’ 10”
Galaxy	NGC 5184	13.5	13h 30m 11s	-01° 39’ 46”

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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