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 90259	0	18h 25m 01s	-19° 33’ 26”
Star	HIP 90577	0	18h 28m 57s	-18° 32’ 30”
Star	HIP 90687	5.525	18h 30m 11s	-18° 43’ 42”
Star	HIP 90230	7.3524	18h 24m 38s	-19° 43’ 58”
Star	HIP 89992	8.8832	18h 21m 43s	-17° 53’ 51”
Star	HIP 89968	5.6854	18h 21m 22s	-18° 51’ 35”
Star	HIP 90081	7.5884	18h 23m 00s	-17° 40’ 37”
Star	HIP 89893	7.866	18h 20m 32s	-20° 12’ 58”
Star	HIP 90373	7.8898	18h 26m 26s	-18° 05’ 10”
Star	HIP 90257	7.1056	18h 24m 59s	-18° 32’ 19”

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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