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 1133	6.9474	00h 14m 08s	+26° 15’ 31”
Star	HIP 1656	7.2476	00h 20m 45s	+26° 30’ 49”
Star	HIP 1379	8.39	00h 17m 15s	+24° 39’ 40”
Star	HIP 1709	7.858	00h 21m 31s	+26° 57’ 43”
Star	HIP 1695	8.9728	00h 21m 17s	+25° 40’ 58”
Star	HIP 1553	7.481	00h 19m 22s	+26° 27’ 14”
Star	HIP 1619	7.457	00h 20m 14s	+24° 39’ 57”
Star	HIP 1488	7.6876	00h 18m 30s	+26° 08’ 25”
Star	HIP 1689	7.407	00h 21m 10s	+25° 20’ 17”
Galaxy	PGC 1467	11.5	00h 22m 54s	+25° 29’ 38”

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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