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 87919	8.5724	17h 57m 34s	-25° 04’ 56”
Star	HIP 88074	8.0146	17h 59m 16s	-25° 49’ 07”
Star	HIP 88142	6.5414	18h 00m 11s	-24° 17’ 03”
Star	HIP 88256	8.2884	18h 01m 20s	-24° 37’ 55”
Star	HIP 88380	5.3528	18h 02m 51s	-24° 16’ 56”
Star	HIP 88440	8.269	18h 03m 22s	-25° 54’ 58”
Star	HIP 88463	8.976	18h 03m 44s	-25° 18’ 45”
Star	HIP 88469	5.93	18h 03m 52s	-24° 21’ 38”
Star	HIP 88506	8.9802	18h 04m 23s	-24° 26’ 16”
Star	HIP 88541	7.1646	18h 04m 48s	-25° 36’ 20”
Star	HIP 88560	7.3544	18h 04m 58s	-24° 40’ 50”
Star	HIP 88581	6.8356	18h 05m 10s	-24° 23’ 54”
Star	HIP 88695	8.8764	18h 06m 24s	-26° 11’ 55”
Star	HIP 88705	8.2622	18h 06m 33s	-23° 56’ 43”
Star	HIP 88798	8.242	18h 07m 34s	-25° 34’ 11”
Star	HIP 88905	6.7118	18h 08m 54s	-25° 28’ 22”
Star	HIP 88908	8.7492	18h 08m 54s	-25° 28’ 17”
Star	HIP 88978	8.4298	18h 09m 41s	-24° 42’ 55”

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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