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 9067	0	01h 56m 43s	+29° 48’ 38”
Star	HIP 8557	7.9192	01h 50m 23s	+30° 48’ 13”
Star	HIP 8804	6.7014	01h 53m 10s	+28° 49’ 08”
Star	HIP 8576	8.5532	01h 50m 35s	+30° 28’ 20”
Star	HIP 8234	8.3138	01h 46m 01s	+29° 09’ 51”
Star	HIP 8266	8.7746	01h 46m 29s	+29° 33’ 01”
Star	HIP 8409	8.0728	01h 48m 28s	+30° 46’ 45”
Star	HIP 8986	6.845	01h 55m 48s	+30° 21’ 17”
Star	HIP 9039	7.8706	01h 56m 26s	+30° 26’ 23”
Star	HIP 8277	8.2756	01h 46m 39s	+30° 47’ 38”
Star	HIP 8543	7.9952	01h 50m 07s	+29° 27’ 53”
Star	HIP 8796	3.3864	01h 53m 04s	+29° 34’ 45”
Star	HIP 9002	8.163	01h 55m 54s	+29° 42’ 50”
Star	HIP 8408	8.1628	01h 48m 28s	+29° 27’ 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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