104P/Kowal live position and data

This page shows Comet 104P/Kowal 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).

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 (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 77422	8.7806	15h 48m 21s	-18° 26’ 19”
Star	HIP 77250	8.3114	15h 46m 24s	-16° 09’ 41”
Star	HIP 77473	7.9234	15h 49m 06s	-18° 42’ 14”
Star	HIP 77744	8.6066	15h 52m 23s	-17° 13’ 59”
Star	HIP 77590	7.8854	15h 50m 28s	-17° 20’ 55”
Star	HIP 77534	6.8044	15h 49m 52s	-17° 54’ 06”
Star	HIP 77554	7.5672	15h 50m 03s	-18° 08’ 33”
Star	HIP 77044	7.125	15h 43m 57s	-16° 52’ 09”
Star	HIP 77203	7.61	15h 45m 50s	-16° 57’ 02”
Star	HIP 77297	7.488	15h 46m 52s	-17° 06’ 31”

Additional resources

• 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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