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 109388	0	22h 09m 39s	-04° 38’ 26”
Star	HIP 109750	6.9342	22h 13m 51s	-04° 27’ 04”
Star	HIP 109442	6.2818	22h 10m 21s	-03° 53’ 38”
Star	HIP 109428	8.6714	22h 10m 11s	-04° 55’ 43”
Star	HIP 109874	7.5524	22h 15m 12s	-05° 35’ 05”
Star	HIP 109733	8.3878	22h 13m 42s	-03° 46’ 32”
Star	HIP 110075	8.8342	22h 17m 49s	-04° 15’ 02”
Star	HIP 109466	5.873	22h 10m 33s	-04° 16’ 00”
Star	HIP 109526	8.8108	22h 11m 11s	-05° 53’ 37”
Star	HIP 110108	7.9316	22h 18m 14s	-05° 50’ 30”
Star	HIP 110023	5.67	22h 17m 06s	-05° 23’ 13”
Star	HIP 109836	7.7388	22h 14m 46s	-05° 53’ 10”
Star	HIP 109783	7.8264	22h 14m 14s	-05° 44’ 46”
Star	HIP 109791	8.8438	22h 14m 19s	-05° 33’ 31”
Star	HIP 109647	6.3664	22h 12m 43s	-04° 43’ 14”
Star	HIP 110134	8.9326	22h 18m 33s	-05° 12’ 05”
Star	HIP 109761	8.629	22h 13m 54s	-04° 38’ 39”

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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