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 105683	6.7034	21h 24m 20s	-24° 25’ 20”
Star	HIP 105772	8.1064	21h 25m 20s	-24° 03’ 35”
Star	HIP 105814	7.5066	21h 25m 48s	-25° 14’ 16”
Star	HIP 105815	6.3976	21h 25m 48s	-23° 49’ 19”
Star	HIP 105831	7.1212	21h 26m 07s	-24° 29’ 03”
Star	HIP 105948	7.5786	21h 27m 25s	-23° 36’ 57”
Star	HIP 106025	8.8172	21h 28m 28s	-23° 37’ 05”
Star	HIP 106034	7.832	21h 28m 41s	-25° 38’ 38”
Star	HIP 106181	8.3656	21h 30m 23s	-24° 25’ 38”
Star	HIP 106185	7.158	21h 30m 26s	-25° 11’ 35”
Star	HIP 106206	7.0346	21h 30m 44s	-25° 42’ 34”
Star	HIP 106289	7.8356	21h 31m 39s	-25° 18’ 03”
Star	HIP 106310	7.2286	21h 31m 51s	-25° 24’ 45”
Star	HIP 106363	6.4204	21h 32m 33s	-24° 35’ 25”
Star	HIP 106368	8.1946	21h 32m 37s	-24° 09’ 15”
Star	HIP 106591	7.93	21h 35m 17s	-25° 19’ 05”
Galaxy	ESO 531-2	13.7	21h 32m 26s	-23° 56’ 53”

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:

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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