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Encke's Comet live position and data.
Right Ascension: 14.259380
Declination: -28.576646 (J2000) Magnitude: 12.49 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Hydra
Sun Distance: 169485762 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 110569352 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 9 Mar 2017 23:35 UTC [] |
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Encke's Comet live position and data
This page shows Comet Encke (2P/Encke) 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 Encke's Comet (less than 1.5 degrees):
| Type | Name | Magnitude | Ar | Dec |
| Star | HIP 69249 | 0 | 14h 10m 34s | -28° 26’ 25” |
| Star | HIP 69682 | 8.865 | 14h 15m 50s | -27° 20’ 54” |
| Star | HIP 69596 | 7.6928 | 14h 14m 41s | -27° 45’ 42” |
| Star | HIP 69869 | 8.604 | 14h 17m 52s | -29° 05’ 56” |
| Star | HIP 69623 | 6.091 | 14h 15m 01s | -29° 16’ 54” |
| Star | HIP 69894 | 8.1192 | 14h 18m 12s | -27° 31’ 16” |
| Star | HIP 69689 | 8.909 | 14h 15m 55s | -29° 48’ 24” |
| Star | HIP 69577 | 8.699 | 14h 14m 30s | -29° 14’ 21” |
| Star | HIP 69931 | 8.4692 | 14h 18m 38s | -29° 20’ 07” |
| Star | HIP 70225 | 6.7184 | 14h 22m 01s | -28° 18’ 30” |
| Star | HIP 69415 | 4.9534 | 14h 12m 46s | -27° 15’ 39” |
| Star | HIP 70050 | 7.1974 | 14h 20m 08s | -28° 02’ 56” |
| Star | HIP 69636 | 8.8498 | 14h 15m 07s | -27° 13’ 48” |
| Star | HIP 69288 | 7.2874 | 14h 10m 58s | -28° 21’ 06” |
| Star | HIP 69990 | 8.4186 | 14h 19m 16s | -29° 03’ 20” |
| Galaxy | ESO 511-23 | 13.8 | 14h 18m 27s | -27° 22’ 41” |
| Galaxy | ESO 446-31 | 13.6 | 14h 13m 30s | -29° 35’ 43” |
| Galaxy | NGC 5556 | 12.4 | 14h 20m 34s | -29° 14’ 30” |
Additional resources
Additional Resources about Comet Encke (2P/Encke)
- 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:
- 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
- The Hipparcos Star Catalogue, containing more than 100.000 bright stars
- The PGC 2003 Catalogue, containing information about 1 million galaxies
- The GSC 2.3 Catalogue, containing information about more than 2 billion stars and galaxies
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