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 55988	0	11h 28m 27s	+07° 31’ 12”
Star	HIP 56571	0	11h 35m 50s	+08° 03’ 34”
Star	HIP 56537	8.7128	11h 35m 34s	+06° 31’ 18”
Star	HIP 56079	6.691	11h 29m 39s	+07° 35’ 57”
Star	HIP 56136	8.1082	11h 30m 25s	+09° 06’ 30”
Star	HIP 56574	8.0604	11h 35m 56s	+06° 46’ 05”
Star	HIP 56355	8.0752	11h 33m 07s	+07° 24’ 39”
Star	HIP 56234	7.7518	11h 31m 39s	+07° 51’ 48”
Star	HIP 55985	8.121	11h 28m 26s	+08° 32’ 49”
Star	HIP 56386	8.2312	11h 33m 32s	+07° 58’ 43”

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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