--- description: A Slooh and NASA hosted livestream of the 9th closest comet fly-by ever observed on earth title: Watch Comet 209P/LINEAR On This Live Stream image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Science](/section/science/) ## Science Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [astronomy](/tag/astronomy/) ## astronomy Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Comet 209P/LINEAR On This Livestream  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 23, 2014 8:38 PM CUT  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 23, 2014 8:38 PM CUT In astronomical terms, [Comet 209P/LINEAR](http://earthsky.org/space/comet-209p-linear-meteor-shower-storm-may-2014 "undefined") is a pretty frequent visitor to earth, swinging by every 5 years or so, but that’s still five years you’ll have to wait till this beauty of a comet stops by again. It won’t be bright enough to see with the naked eye but don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. Here you can watch a livestream of the comet’s path from a powerful telescope on the Canary Islands supported online by the [Slooh celestial observation network](http://live.slooh.com/ "undefined") and hosted by NASA scientist Dr. Peter Jenniskens. Comet 209P/LINEAR is also expected to create a magnificent meteor shower called the [Camelopardalids](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/astronomers-excited-meter-shower-named-camelopardalids-arriving-friday-night-article-1.1802470 "undefined"), which, if you’re deskbound, just lazy or otherwise indisposed to go outside you can watch a livestream of [here](http://time.com/111029/watch-camelopardalid-meteor-shower-live-stream/ "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/107977/watch-comet-209p-linear-live-stream/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/107977/watch-comet-209p-linear-live-stream/"},"headline":"Watch Comet 209P/LINEAR On This Livestream","datePublished":"2014-05-23T20:38:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:58:41.535Z","description":"Tonight's fly by will be the 9th closest comet ever observed from earth","url":"https://time.com/107977/watch-comet-209p-linear-live-stream/","keywords":["astronomy","NASA","Comet"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Denver Nicks","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/astronomy/","name":"astronomy"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/107977/watch-comet-209p-linear-live-stream/","name":"Watch Comet 209P/LINEAR On This Livestream"}}]}] ```