2P/Encke Real Time Tracker |
Right Ascension: 22.771650
Declination: -11.178126 (J2000) Magnitude: 19.78 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Aquarius
Sun Distance: 419777551 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 423415386 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 25 Jun 2020 23:21 UTC [] |
This page shows Comet Encke (2P/Encke) 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 2P/Encke (less than 1.5 degrees):
Type | Name | Magnitude | Ar | Dec |
Star | HIP 112757 | 8.0384 | 22h 50m 06s | -10° 24’ 28” |
Star | HIP 112425 | 8.1814 | 22h 46m 19s | -09° 41’ 54” |
Star | HIP 112420 | 6.5154 | 22h 46m 14s | -11° 09’ 58” |
Star | HIP 112551 | 8.6806 | 22h 47m 44s | -12° 30’ 22” |
Star | HIP 112161 | 6.9448 | 22h 43m 01s | -10° 06’ 09” |
Star | HIP 112705 | 7.5834 | 22h 49m 26s | -11° 20’ 57” |
Star | HIP 112926 | 8.8246 | 22h 52m 10s | -10° 57’ 29” |
Star | HIP 112615 | 6.166 | 22h 48m 30s | -10° 33’ 19” |
Star | HIP 112415 | 8.2764 | 22h 46m 08s | -12° 09’ 31” |
Star | HIP 112413 | 8.2424 | 22h 46m 07s | -11° 32’ 19” |
Star | HIP 112232 | 8.89 | 22h 43m 50s | -11° 28’ 59” |
Galaxy | NGC 7371 | 12.4 | 22h 46m 03s | -11° 00’ 11” |
Galaxy | NGC 7378 | 13.5 | 22h 47m 47s | -11° 49’ 01” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: