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 113085	6.7212	22h 54m 07s	-12° 11’ 25”
Star	HIP 113031	5.7962	22h 53m 28s	-11° 36’ 59”
Star	HIP 112757	8.0384	22h 50m 06s	-10° 24’ 28”
Star	HIP 112980	7.9248	22h 52m 49s	-13° 05’ 58”
Star	HIP 112420	6.5154	22h 46m 14s	-11° 09’ 58”
Star	HIP 112551	8.6806	22h 47m 44s	-12° 30’ 22”
Star	HIP 112705	7.5834	22h 49m 26s	-11° 20’ 57”
Star	HIP 112799	8.3234	22h 50m 34s	-12° 41’ 29”
Star	HIP 112926	8.8246	22h 52m 10s	-10° 57’ 29”
Star	HIP 112615	6.166	22h 48m 30s	-10° 33’ 19”
Star	HIP 112415	8.2764	22h 46m 08s	-12° 09’ 31”
Star	HIP 112413	8.2424	22h 46m 07s	-11° 32’ 19”
Star	HIP 112232	8.89	22h 43m 50s	-11° 28’ 59”
Galaxy	NGC 7371	12.4	22h 46m 03s	-11° 00’ 11”
Galaxy	NGC 7378	13.5	22h 47m 47s	-11° 49’ 01”

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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