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 4061	0	00h 51m 59s	+20° 34’ 59”
Star	HIP 3502	8.5934	00h 44m 41s	+20° 26’ 57”
Star	HIP 3650	6.9156	00h 46m 44s	+21° 37’ 27”
Star	HIP 3377	8.95	00h 42m 56s	+21° 47’ 40”
Star	HIP 3936	7.5802	00h 50m 32s	+21° 09’ 48”
Star	HIP 3730	6.471	00h 47m 54s	+20° 55’ 31”
Star	HIP 4087	7.2464	00h 52m 28s	+21° 24’ 36”
Star	HIP 3636	8.693	00h 46m 37s	+20° 12’ 45”
Star	HIP 3800	7.7422	00h 48m 48s	+20° 12’ 53”
Star	HIP 3841	8.8124	00h 49m 16s	+22° 07’ 41”
Star	HIP 4229	8.3742	00h 53m 56s	+21° 01’ 51”
Star	HIP 3732	8.1732	00h 47m 55s	+21° 01’ 26”

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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