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 75423	0	15h 24m 45s	-17° 07’ 37”
Star	HIP 76203	8.1226	15h 33m 56s	-17° 00’ 05”
Star	HIP 76335	8.8878	15h 35m 32s	-17° 34’ 25”
Star	HIP 75730	5.4906	15h 28m 15s	-16° 42’ 59”
Star	HIP 75858	8.5578	15h 29m 43s	-16° 50’ 28”
Star	HIP 75905	8.1338	15h 30m 13s	-15° 41’ 22”
Star	HIP 76287	6.9176	15h 34m 59s	-17° 08’ 19”
Star	HIP 76134	7.7936	15h 32m 59s	-17° 14’ 49”
Star	HIP 75762	6.719	15h 28m 38s	-15° 42’ 02”
Star	HIP 75671	8.2642	15h 27m 37s	-16° 29’ 21”
Star	HIP 75944	5.695	15h 30m 40s	-16° 36’ 34”
Star	HIP 75622	8.3188	15h 27m 06s	-15° 46’ 50”
Star	HIP 75848	6.6444	15h 29m 34s	-17° 26’ 27”
Star	HIP 76126	5.5088	15h 32m 55s	-16° 51’ 10”
Star	HIP 75506	8.3952	15h 25m 25s	-17° 05’ 39”
Star	HIP 76022	8.1362	15h 31m 39s	-17° 01’ 23”
Star	HIP 76329	8.7802	15h 35m 28s	-17° 24’ 28”

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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