217P/LINEAR Real Time Tracker |
Right Ascension: 16.460771
Declination: -6.044858 (J2000) Magnitude: 20.08 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Ophiucus
Sun Distance: 572103997 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 430679173 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 80402 | 0 | 16h 24m 41s | -06° 32’ 29” |
Star | HIP 80717 | 8.4322 | 16h 28m 48s | -05° 26’ 43” |
Star | HIP 80834 | 8.7702 | 16h 30m 27s | -06° 05’ 33” |
Star | HIP 80745 | 8.6196 | 16h 29m 09s | -05° 27’ 04” |
Star | HIP 80954 | 7.4458 | 16h 31m 47s | -07° 01’ 23” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: