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 23198	0	04h 59m 31s	+48° 46’ 47”
Star	HIP 23477	7.7482	05h 02m 46s	+46° 39’ 37”
Star	HIP 22948	8.7628	04h 56m 14s	+47° 26’ 26”
Star	HIP 23569	7.0128	05h 04m 03s	+47° 39’ 53”
Star	HIP 22965	8.61	04h 56m 30s	+46° 27’ 03”
Star	HIP 23024	7.89	04h 57m 04s	+47° 52’ 43”
Star	HIP 22560	8.4798	04h 51m 17s	+46° 38’ 31”
Star	HIP 22978	8.811	04h 56m 42s	+47° 20’ 24”
Star	HIP 23684	6.5154	05h 05m 27s	+46° 54’ 58”
Star	HIP 22413	8.161	04h 49m 25s	+47° 11’ 41”
Star	HIP 22764	8.2312	04h 53m 50s	+47° 57’ 22”
Star	HIP 23307	8.6092	05h 00m 45s	+48° 48’ 52”

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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