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 82120	8.1514	16h 46m 34s	-17° 35’ 42”
Star	HIP 82665	7.552	16h 53m 56s	-17° 58’ 35”
Star	HIP 82089	8.5522	16h 46m 05s	-16° 54’ 01”
Star	HIP 82442	7.0722	16h 50m 55s	-16° 32’ 48”
Star	HIP 82331	8.2984	16h 49m 22s	-16° 46’ 19”
Star	HIP 82861	6.242	16h 56m 01s	-16° 48’ 22”
Star	HIP 82260	7.538	16h 48m 28s	-16° 20’ 01”
Star	HIP 82233	7.3684	16h 48m 01s	-15° 57’ 49”

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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