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 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 Asteroid 9 Metis (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 30101	8.2374	06h 20m 04s	+27° 23’ 06”
Star	HIP 30306	8.7446	06h 22m 25s	+26° 40’ 08”
Star	HIP 29955	6.5206	06h 18m 20s	+27° 12’ 37”
Star	HIP 29680	8.8438	06h 15m 08s	+25° 27’ 54”
Star	HIP 30346	8.2868	06h 22m 59s	+25° 59’ 54”
Star	HIP 30144	7.0782	06h 20m 36s	+25° 11’ 20”
Star	HIP 29702	7.1696	06h 15m 24s	+25° 20’ 01”
Star	HIP 30644	8.4158	06h 26m 23s	+26° 08’ 17”
Star	HIP 30452	8.452	06h 24m 03s	+25° 25’ 01”
Star	HIP 29826	8.2558	06h 16m 51s	+26° 29’ 36”
Star	HIP 29833	8.402	06h 16m 55s	+25° 29’ 43”
Star	HIP 30349	8.7188	06h 23m 00s	+27° 26’ 37”
Star	HIP 30234	8.6362	06h 21m 38s	+25° 00’ 25”
Star	HIP 30622	8.6136	06h 26m 06s	+25° 30’ 40”
Star	HIP 30396	7.4274	06h 23m 30s	+27° 07’ 04”
Star	HIP 30304	8.8964	06h 22m 25s	+26° 40’ 26”
Star	HIP 30142	7.4058	06h 20m 35s	+25° 36’ 29”
Star	HIP 30501	6.2262	06h 24m 43s	+25° 02’ 55”

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.

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