226P/Pigott-LINEAR-Kowalski live position and data

This page shows Comet 226P/Pigott-LINEAR-Kowalski 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 226P/Pigott-LINEAR-Kowalski (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 70209	0	14h 21m 51s	+03° 54’ 33”
Star	HIP 70249	8.4228	14h 22m 25s	+03° 27’ 17”
Star	HIP 70278	7.4944	14h 22m 43s	+02° 16’ 28”
Star	HIP 70272	8.2102	14h 22m 38s	+03° 40’ 44”
Star	HIP 69851	8.0738	14h 17m 43s	+03° 43’ 58”
Star	HIP 70504	8.3906	14h 25m 20s	+03° 56’ 52”
Star	HIP 69914	6.86	14h 18m 29s	+03° 40’ 28”
Star	HIP 70299	7.742	14h 23m 01s	+04° 17’ 09”
Star	HIP 69966	8.2096	14h 19m 01s	+04° 10’ 47”
Star	HIP 70450	8.717	14h 24m 40s	+02° 32’ 12”
Star	HIP 69653	7.0602	14h 15m 19s	+03° 07’ 52”
Star	HIP 69952	8.6674	14h 18m 52s	+03° 53’ 32”
Star	HIP 70643	8.2774	14h 26m 58s	+03° 41’ 15”
Star	HIP 69783	8.548	14h 17m 00s	+03° 05’ 18”
Star	HIP 70025	8.1094	14h 19m 44s	+04° 00’ 22”
Galaxy	NGC 5566	11.5	14h 20m 20s	+03° 55’ 59”
Galaxy	NGC 5560	13.2	14h 20m 04s	+03° 59’ 34”
Galaxy	NGC 5574	13.2	14h 20m 56s	+03° 14’ 21”
Galaxy	NGC 5576	11.8	14h 21m 04s	+03° 16’ 13”
Galaxy	NGC 5577	13.4	14h 21m 13s	+03° 26’ 08”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 226P/Pigott-LINEAR-Kowalski

• 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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