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 101324	7.688	20h 32m 13s	-22° 09’ 17”
Star	HIP 101601	8.3058	20h 35m 28s	-23° 32’ 09”
Star	HIP 101443	7.412	20h 33m 30s	-22° 13’ 54”
Star	HIP 101624	7.554	20h 35m 48s	-24° 22’ 24”
Star	HIP 101658	8.884	20h 36m 23s	-22° 42’ 40”
Star	HIP 101090	5.9852	20h 29m 31s	-22° 23’ 29”
Star	HIP 101329	8.0308	20h 32m 15s	-22° 09’ 42”
Star	HIP 100985	7	20h 28m 29s	-24° 09’ 46”
Star	HIP 100958	7.7664	20h 28m 08s	-23° 00’ 51”
Star	HIP 101785	7.3854	20h 37m 43s	-22° 26’ 34”
Star	HIP 101013	6.7154	20h 28m 44s	-23° 59’ 01”
Star	HIP 101100	7.4528	20h 29m 37s	-22° 50’ 42”
Star	HIP 101500	8.1252	20h 34m 07s	-23° 14’ 58”

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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