2P/Encke Real Time Tracker |
Right Ascension: 17.701518
Declination: -28.254756 (J2000) Magnitude: 16.90 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Ophiucus
Sun Distance: 153309538 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 291853450 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 26 Jun 2020 04:42 UTC [] |
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 in the background 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).
List of bright objects (stars brighter than magnitude 9.0 and galaxies brighter than magmitude 14.0) close to 2P/Encke (less than 1.5 degrees):
Type | Name | Magnitude | Ar | Dec |
Star | HIP 86327 | 0 | 17h 38m 19s | -27° 12’ 18” |
Star | HIP 86487 | 7.214 | 17h 40m 23s | -28° 55’ 23” |
Star | HIP 86385 | 7.662 | 17h 39m 05s | -26° 56’ 14” |
Star | HIP 86665 | 8.0062 | 17h 42m 27s | -29° 26’ 19” |
Star | HIP 86522 | 8.5618 | 17h 40m 52s | -29° 35’ 58” |
Star | HIP 86672 | 8.9452 | 17h 42m 30s | -28° 44’ 55” |
Star | HIP 86696 | 8.8054 | 17h 42m 49s | -27° 50’ 38” |
Star | HIP 86404 | 6.6356 | 17h 39m 20s | -29° 31’ 51” |
Star | HIP 86317 | 6.6742 | 17h 38m 11s | -28° 02’ 48” |
Star | HIP 86948 | 8.9788 | 17h 46m 00s | -29° 04’ 51” |
Star | HIP 86507 | 8.2222 | 17h 40m 43s | -27° 53’ 34” |
Star | HIP 87072 | 4.4942 | 17h 47m 33s | -27° 49’ 50” |
Star | HIP 86919 | 7.9708 | 17h 45m 37s | -28° 24’ 26” |
Star | HIP 86052 | 8.3418 | 17h 35m 10s | -28° 12’ 13” |
Star | HIP 86633 | 8.078 | 17h 42m 05s | -26° 50’ 44” |
Star | HIP 86725 | 6.3654 | 17h 43m 17s | -27° 53’ 02” |
Star | HIP 86376 | 7.6354 | 17h 39m 00s | -28° 24’ 44” |
Star | HIP 86730 | 8.6792 | 17h 43m 20s | -27° 14’ 31” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: