2P/Encke 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 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).

Current close conjunctions

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”

Additional resources

• 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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