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 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 226P/Pigott-LINEAR-Kowalski (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 3059	0	00h 38m 49s	-25° 36’ 01”
Star	HIP 3064	7.7386	00h 38m 53s	-25° 35’ 44”
Star	HIP 2775	7.8932	00h 35m 25s	-24° 51’ 51”
Star	HIP 3056	6.2714	00h 38m 48s	-25° 06’ 27”
Star	HIP 2544	7.2626	00h 32m 22s	-24° 38’ 46”
Star	HIP 2572	6.6098	00h 32m 39s	-25° 21’ 34”
Star	HIP 2902	7.839	00h 36m 46s	-24° 30’ 02”
Star	HIP 2788	8.2114	00h 35m 32s	-25° 23’ 59”
Star	HIP 3157	8.2438	00h 40m 08s	-26° 02’ 57”
Star	HIP 2741	8.9654	00h 35m 00s	-23° 28’ 58”
Star	HIP 3035	7.0808	00h 38m 36s	-23° 35’ 56”
Star	HIP 2964	8.5308	00h 37m 39s	-25° 33’ 37”
Star	HIP 2941	5.5342	00h 37m 19s	-24° 46’ 02”
Star	HIP 3266	6.4254	00h 41m 34s	-25° 11’ 47”
Star	HIP 3185	6.086	00h 40m 32s	-23° 48’ 14”
Star	HIP 2909	8.1022	00h 36m 51s	-24° 29’ 45”
Star	HIP 2745	7.5348	00h 35m 01s	-26° 07’ 32”
Galaxy	IC 1562	13.6	00h 38m 34s	-24° 16’ 31”
Galaxy	IC 1558	12.8	00h 35m 47s	-25° 22’ 23”

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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