217P/LINEAR Real Time Tracker |
Right Ascension: 16.327463
Declination: -5.553362 (J2000) Magnitude: 19.96 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Ophiucus
Sun Distance: 562485044 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 415895424 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 10 Jul 2017 04:27 UTC [] |
This page shows Comet 217P/LINEAR 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 in the background 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).
List of bright objects (stars brighter than magnitude 9.0 and galaxies brighter than magmitude 14.0) close to Comet 217P/LINEAR (less than 1.5 degrees):
Type | Name | Magnitude | Ar | Dec |
Star | HIP 80053 | 0 | 16h 20m 25s | -04° 16’ 02” |
Star | HIP 80191 | 8.9746 | 16h 22m 17s | -05° 40’ 43” |
Star | HIP 79948 | 6.8096 | 16h 19m 09s | -06° 52’ 33” |
Star | HIP 80037 | 8.1638 | 16h 20m 15s | -04° 33’ 28” |
Star | HIP 79882 | 3.1366 | 16h 18m 19s | -04° 41’ 33” |
Star | HIP 79768 | 7.1696 | 16h 16m 48s | -05° 29’ 48” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: