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 74164	0	15h 09m 13s	-01° 31’ 45”
Star	HIP 74304	0	15h 11m 15s	-00° 51’ 19”
Star	HIP 73823	7.839	15h 05m 17s	+00° 29’ 38”
Star	HIP 73852	8.2782	15h 05m 36s	-01° 18’ 56”
Star	HIP 74216	7.7462	15h 09m 58s	-00° 52’ 47”
Star	HIP 74198	7.6114	15h 09m 41s	+00° 43’ 23”
Star	HIP 73853	8.7758	15h 05m 37s	-00° 44’ 48”
Star	HIP 74051	7.9544	15h 08m 00s	-00° 03’ 20”
Star	HIP 74106	8.424	15h 08m 42s	-00° 58’ 50”
Star	HIP 74537	6.5034	15h 13m 51s	-01° 21’ 00”
Star	HIP 74425	7.079	15h 12m 37s	-00° 22’ 53”
Star	HIP 74004	7.7306	15h 07m 24s	+00° 01’ 45”
Star	HIP 73741	8.1886	15h 04m 24s	-00° 54’ 19”
Galaxy	PGC 54119	12.9	15h 09m 49s	+00° 28’ 13”

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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