3200 Phaethon live position and data

This page shows Asteroid 3200 Phaethon 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 3200 Phaethon (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 7981	0	01h 42m 29s	+20° 16’ 12”
Star	HIP 8382	0	01h 48m 03s	+21° 12’ 26”
Star	HIP 8308	7.991	01h 47m 09s	+21° 11’ 01”
Star	HIP 8371	8.5576	01h 47m 48s	+19° 27’ 39”
Star	HIP 8045	8.7846	01h 43m 18s	+21° 30’ 01”
Star	HIP 7907	7.9298	01h 41m 39s	+19° 49’ 25”
Star	HIP 8159	6.2178	01h 44m 55s	+20° 05’ 00”
Star	HIP 8384	8.6734	01h 48m 05s	+21° 39’ 31”
Star	HIP 8608	8.868	01h 51m 01s	+21° 06’ 56”
Star	HIP 8156	8.3844	01h 44m 53s	+19° 51’ 24”
Star	HIP 8619	6.677	01h 51m 09s	+20° 30’ 51”
Galaxy	IC 163	13.7	01h 49m 15s	+20° 42’ 41”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Asteroid 3200 Phaethon

• 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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