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Encke's Comet live position and data.
Right Ascension: 21.622586
Declination: -13.901319 (J2000) Magnitude: 20.97 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Capricornus
Sun Distance: 598268659 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 532992775 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 26 Jun 2020 05:45 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 107098 | 0 | 21h 41m 37s | -14° 39’ 53” |
| Star | HIP 106829 | 7.0904 | 21h 38m 13s | -14° 54’ 36” |
| Star | HIP 106497 | 7.5904 | 21h 34m 16s | -13° 29’ 01” |
| Star | HIP 106922 | 7.125 | 21h 39m 15s | -13° 53’ 40” |
| Star | HIP 106831 | 8.2672 | 21h 38m 15s | -13° 32’ 00” |
| Star | HIP 106951 | 8.4276 | 21h 39m 39s | -12° 37’ 20” |
| Star | HIP 107232 | 5.8596 | 21h 43m 04s | -14° 23’ 59” |
| Star | HIP 106525 | 8.8246 | 21h 34m 33s | -14° 37’ 43” |
| Star | HIP 107088 | 7.1498 | 21h 41m 28s | -14° 50’ 29” |
| Star | HIP 106698 | 8.6524 | 21h 36m 43s | -13° 27’ 33” |
| Star | HIP 106441 | 7.4942 | 21h 33m 34s | -13° 27’ 00” |
| Star | HIP 107095 | 5.1068 | 21h 41m 32s | -14° 02’ 48” |
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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