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 62022	0	12h 42m 47s	+02° 44’ 40”
Star	HIP 61643	8.176	12h 38m 13s	+01° 58’ 47”
Star	HIP 61714	8.5136	12h 38m 58s	+02° 56’ 21”
Star	HIP 61637	6.3418	12h 38m 04s	+03° 16’ 56”
Star	HIP 61428	7.0036	12h 35m 16s	+02° 15’ 39”
Star	HIP 61658	5.5588	12h 38m 22s	+01° 51’ 16”
Star	HIP 61529	8.9186	12h 36m 21s	+01° 02’ 41”
Star	HIP 62016	7.9462	12h 42m 38s	+02° 34’ 36”
Galaxy	NGC 4544	14.0	12h 35m 36s	+03° 02’ 13”
Galaxy	NGC 4536	11.1	12h 34m 26s	+02° 11’ 17”
Galaxy	NGC 4599	13.6	12h 40m 26s	+01° 11’ 45”
Galaxy	NGC 4600	13.6	12h 40m 22s	+03° 07’ 09”
Galaxy	NGC 4527	11.3	12h 34m 08s	+02° 39’ 12”
Galaxy	NGC 4581	13.3	12h 38m 04s	+01° 28’ 40”
Galaxy	NGC 4636	10.4	12h 42m 49s	+02° 41’ 17”

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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