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 45917	7.6348	09h 21m 47s	+18° 44’ 47”
Star	HIP 45886	8.6204	09h 21m 22s	+19° 26’ 24”
Star	HIP 46137	7.1306	09h 24m 31s	+18° 08’ 29”
Star	HIP 46304	7.4922	09h 26m 34s	+19° 03’ 35”
Star	HIP 46104	8.6912	09h 24m 06s	+19° 28’ 32”
Star	HIP 46149	6.9642	09h 24m 41s	+17° 42’ 38”
Star	HIP 46349	8.1592	09h 26m 59s	+18° 02’ 14”
Star	HIP 45992	7.5302	09h 22m 48s	+18° 07’ 55”
Star	HIP 46570	8.8394	09h 29m 50s	+19° 05’ 57”
Star	HIP 45826	7.1574	09h 20m 37s	+19° 05’ 26”
Star	HIP 46501	8.1446	09h 29m 00s	+19° 17’ 18”
Star	HIP 46155	6.4474	09h 24m 45s	+19° 47’ 12”
Star	HIP 45648	7.8462	09h 18m 16s	+18° 46’ 51”
Star	HIP 46272	8.795	09h 26m 02s	+18° 54’ 02”
Star	HIP 45699	6.5846	09h 18m 58s	+17° 42’ 20”
Star	HIP 46100	8.8246	09h 24m 05s	+18° 11’ 06”

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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