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 67090	0	13h 45m 04s	+17° 47’ 23”
Star	HIP 67278	8.6728	13h 47m 17s	+19° 03’ 24”
Star	HIP 66745	8.0632	13h 40m 48s	+17° 48’ 02”
Star	HIP 67325	7.4254	13h 47m 57s	+18° 56’ 39”
Star	HIP 67275	4.4428	13h 47m 16s	+17° 27’ 24”
Star	HIP 67453	8.3226	13h 49m 25s	+17° 52’ 45”
Star	HIP 66720	8.6758	13h 40m 35s	+18° 35’ 35”
Star	HIP 66594	6.3308	13h 39m 02s	+18° 15’ 55”
Star	HIP 67444	8.8618	13h 49m 20s	+17° 41’ 36”
Star	HIP 67362	8.3964	13h 48m 24s	+18° 14’ 56”
Star	HIP 66996	7.803	13h 43m 48s	+17° 24’ 27”
Star	HIP 67521	6.817	13h 50m 06s	+18° 37’ 44”
Star	HIP 66628	8.7622	13h 39m 25s	+17° 35’ 42”

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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