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 69171	7.4082	14h 09m 31s	+20° 28’ 18”
Star	HIP 69751	6.1692	14h 16m 32s	+20° 07’ 19”
Star	HIP 69116	8.731	14h 08m 53s	+19° 28’ 02”
Star	HIP 69383	7.5596	14h 12m 10s	+20° 38’ 33”
Star	HIP 69673	0.0488	14h 15m 40s	+19° 11’ 14”
Star	HIP 69511	8.9672	14h 13m 47s	+20° 01’ 49”
Star	HIP 69187	7.6156	14h 09m 46s	+19° 44’ 24”
Star	HIP 69214	8.703	14h 10m 13s	+19° 21’ 19”
Star	HIP 69369	8.4628	14h 11m 59s	+18° 56’ 49”
Star	HIP 69039	8.3682	14h 07m 55s	+20° 26’ 19”
Galaxy	NGC 5513	13.9	14h 13m 08s	+20° 24’ 57”
Galaxy	PGC 50761	13.9	14h 12m 56s	+20° 23’ 58”
Galaxy	NGC 5492	13.7	14h 10m 35s	+19° 36’ 38”

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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