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 61282	8.5704	12h 33m 29s	+30° 02’ 25”
Star	HIP 61409	8.5556	12h 35m 00s	+30° 11’ 33”
Star	HIP 61492	8.7826	12h 35m 57s	+29° 55’ 36”
Star	HIP 61494	7.893	12h 35m 57s	+31° 43’ 57”
Star	HIP 61503	8.65	12h 36m 05s	+29° 27’ 11”
Star	HIP 61735	8.5508	12h 39m 13s	+30° 34’ 59”
Star	HIP 61739	8.8664	12h 39m 14s	+29° 14’ 09”
Star	HIP 61851	7.617	12h 40m 35s	+30° 22’ 39”
Star	HIP 61902	6.9242	12h 41m 07s	+30° 26’ 13”
Star	HIP 61980	0	12h 42m 04s	+31° 06’ 05”
Star	HIP 62256	8.4236	12h 45m 29s	+30° 11’ 52”
Galaxy	NGC 4525	12.9	12h 33m 51s	+30° 16’ 41”
Galaxy	UGC 7812	14.0	12h 38m 48s	+32° 05’ 34”
Galaxy	NGC 4676A	13.8	12h 46m 10s	+30° 43’ 59”
Galaxy	NGC 4676B	14.0	12h 46m 11s	+30° 43’ 27”

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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