2P/Encke Real Time Tracker |
Right Ascension: 21.893860
Declination: -16.373007 (J2000) Magnitude: 19.57 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Capricornus
Sun Distance: 345622544 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 459079962 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 107991 | 7.7934 | 21h 52m 41s | -17° 04’ 00” |
Star | HIP 107797 | 6.2222 | 21h 50m 12s | -16° 50’ 41” |
Star | HIP 107618 | 7.994 | 21h 47m 50s | -16° 04’ 46” |
Star | HIP 108064 | 8.3362 | 21h 53m 41s | -16° 45’ 00” |
Star | HIP 108095 | 8.5092 | 21h 54m 03s | -17° 09’ 41” |
Star | HIP 108068 | 8.9786 | 21h 53m 42s | -15° 05’ 56” |
Star | HIP 107805 | 8.2288 | 21h 50m 23s | -16° 11’ 46” |
Star | HIP 108176 | 6.94 | 21h 55m 00s | -15° 15’ 28” |
Star | HIP 108108 | 8.71 | 21h 54m 12s | -17° 34’ 43” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: