2P/Encke Real Time Tracker |
Right Ascension: 22.545712
Declination: -12.568137 (J2000) Magnitude: 19.77 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Aquarius
Sun Distance: 394154669 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 446254139 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 111234 | 7.6602 | 22h 32m 09s | -13° 35’ 51” |
Star | HIP 111194 | 8.8262 | 22h 31m 35s | -13° 48’ 44” |
Star | HIP 110902 | 8.2818 | 22h 28m 08s | -11° 53’ 25” |
Star | HIP 111044 | 8.4334 | 22h 29m 45s | -11° 42’ 51” |
Star | HIP 111652 | 7.1164 | 22h 37m 06s | -11° 43’ 51” |
Star | HIP 111534 | 8.4818 | 22h 35m 47s | -12° 52’ 32” |
Star | HIP 111651 | 7.3514 | 22h 37m 05s | -12° 53’ 52” |
Star | HIP 111066 | 6.3716 | 22h 30m 01s | -12° 54’ 54” |
Star | HIP 111376 | 8.8248 | 22h 33m 48s | -12° 23’ 17” |
Galaxy | NGC 7308 | 13.8 | 22h 34m 33s | -12° 56’ 29” |
Galaxy | NGC 7300 | 13.5 | 22h 30m 59s | -14° 00’ 12” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: