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 18770	7.1744	04h 01m 16s	+40° 05’ 41”
Star	HIP 18652	8.6652	03h 59m 33s	+40° 00’ 56”
Star	HIP 18994	8.1546	04h 04m 09s	+42° 31’ 39”
Star	HIP 18532	2.9142	03h 57m 51s	+40° 00’ 36”
Star	HIP 19370	6.9848	04h 08m 56s	+41° 30’ 14”
Star	HIP 18716	8.0092	04h 00m 34s	+42° 13’ 32”
Star	HIP 19023	7.9554	04h 04m 30s	+41° 06’ 02”
Star	HIP 18344	8.5224	03h 55m 18s	+41° 55’ 46”
Star	HIP 18499	6.8184	03h 57m 16s	+41° 52’ 50”
Star	HIP 18279	8.4408	03h 54m 35s	+41° 19’ 18”
Star	HIP 18903	7.8278	04h 03m 06s	+41° 55’ 55”
Star	HIP 18688	6.8848	04h 00m 10s	+40° 00’ 49”
Star	HIP 19307	7.883	04h 08m 19s	+41° 29’ 25”
Star	HIP 18664	8.446	03h 59m 45s	+41° 51’ 22”
Star	HIP 18704	8.7968	04h 00m 24s	+42° 20’ 30”
Star	HIP 18935	7.9094	04h 03m 31s	+42° 10’ 55”
Star	HIP 19083	7.4916	04h 05m 28s	+40° 18’ 05”

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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