104P/Kowal 2 live position and data

This page shows Comet 104P/Kowal 2 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 below 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).

Current close conjunctions

List of bright objects (stars brighter than magnitude 9.0 and galaxies brighter than magmitude 14.0) close to Comet 104P/Kowal 2 (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 5833	5.6654	01h 14m 49s	-00° 58’ 27”
Star	HIP 5552	8.3	01h 11m 12s	-01° 16’ 27”
Star	HIP 5961	8.3738	01h 16m 41s	-01° 15’ 41”
Star	HIP 6217	8.9188	01h 19m 42s	+00° 06’ 20”
Star	HIP 6130	7.9226	01h 18m 40s	-00° 52’ 01”
Star	HIP 5886	6.6948	01h 15m 35s	+00° 54’ 44”
Star	HIP 6226	5.6104	01h 19m 48s	-00° 30’ 32”
Star	HIP 5603	8.2928	01h 11m 51s	-00° 26’ 43”
Galaxy	NGC 430	13.5	01h 12m 59s	-00° 15’ 07”
Galaxy	NGC 448	13.2	01h 15m 15s	-01° 37’ 29”
Galaxy	NGC 450	12.3	01h 15m 30s	-00° 51’ 37”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 104P/Kowal 2

• 15 Days Ephemerides
• Interactive Sky Map (Planetarium)
• Rise & Set Times
• Distance from Earth
• Light Curve
• Orbital Elements

Astronomy databases

This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services:

1. The Digitized Sky Survey, a photographic survey of the whole sky created using images from different telescopes, including the Oschin Schmidt Telescope on Palomar Mountain
2. The Hipparcos Star Catalogue, containing more than 100.000 bright stars
3. The PGC 2003 Catalogue, containing information about 1 million galaxies
4. The GSC 2.3 Catalogue, containing information about more than 2 billion stars and galaxies

Please see the acknowledgements section.

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