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 92463	7.2086	18h 50m 37s	-26° 46’ 13”
Star	HIP 93036	8.8884	18h 57m 06s	-28° 06’ 56”
Star	HIP 92363	8.6602	18h 49m 26s	-29° 04’ 39”
Star	HIP 92580	8.6296	18h 51m 54s	-28° 12’ 00”
Star	HIP 92004	8.3028	18h 45m 09s	-28° 13’ 14”
Star	HIP 92664	8.0778	18h 52m 58s	-28° 08’ 42”
Star	HIP 92041	3.168	18h 45m 39s	-26° 59’ 26”
Star	HIP 92808	7.8056	18h 54m 38s	-26° 53’ 24”
Star	HIP 92784	8.7892	18h 54m 26s	-27° 49’ 59”
Star	HIP 92535	7.0808	18h 51m 26s	-27° 09’ 50”
Star	HIP 92104	8.1048	18h 46m 16s	-27° 20’ 46”
Star	HIP 92805	8.13	18h 54m 35s	-28° 42’ 13”
Star	HIP 92635	6.212	18h 52m 28s	-26° 39’ 02”
Star	HIP 92215	7.4056	18h 47m 37s	-28° 16’ 46”
Star	HIP 92927	8.0708	18h 55m 58s	-28° 07’ 48”
Star	HIP 92385	7.6568	18h 49m 36s	-27° 07’ 30”
Star	HIP 92086	6.5238	18h 46m 03s	-27° 29’ 56”

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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