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 103037	6.6904	20h 52m 31s	-13° 12’ 10”
Star	HIP 102785	7.7142	20h 49m 25s	-11° 27’ 17”
Star	HIP 102738	7.629	20h 49m 04s	-12° 36’ 38”
Star	HIP 103151	8.242	20h 53m 57s	-12° 17’ 30”
Star	HIP 103300	8.3362	20h 55m 39s	-12° 52’ 01”
Star	HIP 102493	8.691	20h 46m 15s	-12° 48’ 35”
Star	HIP 102935	7.577	20h 51m 19s	-13° 55’ 27”
Star	HIP 102903	7.8484	20h 50m 48s	-14° 12’ 01”
Star	HIP 102955	8.217	20h 51m 34s	-13° 44’ 59”
Star	HIP 102664	7.9476	20h 48m 15s	-12° 27’ 15”
Star	HIP 103125	8.9982	20h 53m 39s	-11° 39’ 16”
Star	HIP 103077	6.3286	20h 53m 05s	-11° 34’ 25”
Star	HIP 102891	5.765	20h 50m 41s	-12° 32’ 41”

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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