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 54227	0	11h 05m 42s	+10° 14’ 15”
Star	HIP 54346	8.9224	11h 07m 04s	+09° 37’ 10”
Star	HIP 54351	8.2658	11h 07m 11s	+10° 54’ 47”
Star	HIP 54356	7.2672	11h 07m 13s	+10° 12’ 44”
Star	HIP 54417	8.028	11h 08m 06s	+09° 01’ 25”
Star	HIP 54556	8.2718	11h 09m 48s	+10° 09’ 26”
Star	HIP 54596	7.7978	11h 10m 25s	+11° 10’ 00”
Star	HIP 54607	8.0406	11h 10m 33s	+11° 37’ 37”
Star	HIP 54613	7.0714	11h 10m 36s	+11° 18’ 05”
Star	HIP 54622	8.9546	11h 10m 47s	+11° 13’ 07”
Star	HIP 54714	8.3148	11h 12m 10s	+11° 06’ 02”
Star	HIP 54760	8.0412	11h 12m 43s	+09° 51’ 56”
Star	HIP 54817	7.339	11h 13m 18s	+10° 26’ 50”
Galaxy	NGC 3524	13.5	11h 06m 32s	+11° 23’ 03”
Galaxy	NGC 3547	13.1	11h 09m 55s	+10° 43’ 23”
Galaxy	IC 676	13.1	11h 12m 39s	+09° 03’ 24”
Galaxy	IC 2637	13.9	11h 13m 49s	+09° 35’ 12”

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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