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 70975	0	14h 31m 01s	-12° 17’ 42”
Star	HIP 71005	8.284	14h 31m 18s	-11° 52’ 12”
Star	HIP 70336	6.123	14h 23m 25s	-11° 42’ 50”
Star	HIP 70452	6.499	14h 24m 40s	-11° 40’ 10”
Star	HIP 70720	8.6062	14h 27m 47s	-11° 19’ 39”
Star	HIP 70357	7.8122	14h 23m 42s	-12° 58’ 49”
Star	HIP 70501	6.359	14h 25m 17s	-13° 21’ 11”
Star	HIP 70438	8.9704	14h 24m 34s	-11° 05’ 49”
Star	HIP 70281	7.8686	14h 22m 45s	-12° 03’ 21”
Star	HIP 70432	8.5034	14h 24m 29s	-12° 25’ 07”
Star	HIP 70714	6.609	14h 27m 45s	-13° 21’ 33”
Star	HIP 70365	7.6146	14h 23m 49s	-12° 56’ 32”
Galaxy	NGC 5605	13.0	14h 25m 07s	-13° 09’ 47”

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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