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 96710	0	19h 39m 35s	-26° 45’ 04”
Star	HIP 96273	8.865	19h 34m 33s	-27° 09’ 35”
Star	HIP 96263	8.1832	19h 34m 24s	-27° 09’ 08”
Star	HIP 96823	7.5106	19h 40m 48s	-27° 41’ 43”
Star	HIP 96566	8.065	19h 37m 52s	-28° 48’ 57”
Star	HIP 96899	8.22	19h 41m 50s	-28° 51’ 06”
Star	HIP 96408	7.9092	19h 36m 03s	-28° 40’ 06”
Star	HIP 96438	7.365	19h 36m 25s	-28° 40’ 28”
Star	HIP 96644	6.7144	19h 38m 56s	-28° 36’ 25”
Star	HIP 96124	7.0832	19h 32m 40s	-28° 01’ 04”
Star	HIP 96645	7.9634	19h 38m 56s	-27° 22’ 17”
Galaxy	NGC 6816	13.7	19h 44m 02s	-28° 24’ 05”

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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