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 9307	5.7804	01h 59m 35s	+21° 03’ 30”
Star	HIP 9260	8.9518	01h 59m 02s	+21° 54’ 51”
Star	HIP 8802	8.1982	01h 53m 08s	+21° 59’ 11”
Star	HIP 9028	8.4574	01h 56m 17s	+19° 43’ 54”
Star	HIP 8920	8.952	01h 54m 50s	+21° 18’ 22”
Star	HIP 9293	7.9028	01h 59m 24s	+21° 51’ 39”
Star	HIP 8903	2.6476	01h 54m 38s	+20° 48’ 29”
Star	HIP 9159	8.2716	01h 57m 56s	+21° 22’ 08”
Star	HIP 8876	8.8246	01h 54m 19s	+21° 53’ 20”
Star	HIP 8608	8.868	01h 51m 01s	+21° 06’ 56”
Star	HIP 8619	6.677	01h 51m 09s	+20° 30’ 51”
Galaxy	IC 167	13.6	01h 51m 08s	+21° 54’ 50”
Galaxy	NGC 691	12.3	01h 50m 41s	+21° 45’ 34”

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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