Printable finder charts for 2P/Encke
| Color schemes | |||||
| Date span | Estimated date when brightest | Date of perigee | Date of perihelion | Dark on light | Light on dark |
| Aug 1980 – Feb 1981 | 6 Nov | 30 Jul | 7 Nov | PNGPDF-RGBPDF-CMYKSVG | PNGPDF-RGBPDF-CMYKSVG |
| Nov 1983 – May 1984 | 27 Feb | 26 Feb | 27 Feb | PNGPDF-RGBPDF-CMYKSVG | PNGPDF-RGBPDF-CMYKSVG |
| Mar 1987 – Sep 1987 | 20 Jun | 24 Jul | 18 Jun | PNGPDF-RGBPDF-CMYKSVG | PNGPDF-RGBPDF-CMYKSVG |
| Jul 1990 – Jan 1991 | 6 Oct | 4 Aug | 7 Oct | PNGPDF-RGBPDF-CMYKSVG | PNGPDF-RGBPDF-CMYKSVG |
| Oct 1993 – Apr 1994 | 23 Jan | 12 Jan | 26 Jan | PNGPDF-RGBPDF-CMYKSVG | PNGPDF-RGBPDF-CMYKSVG |
| Feb 1997 – Aug 1997 | 20 May | 29 Jun | 17 May | PNGPDF-RGBPDF-CMYKSVG | PNGPDF-RGBPDF-CMYKSVG |
| Jun 2000 – Dec 2000 | 4 Sep | 23 Aug | 4 Sep | PNGPDF-RGBPDF-CMYKSVG | PNGPDF-RGBPDF-CMYKSVG |
| Sep 2003 – Mar 2004 | 22 Dec | 13 Nov | 25 Dec | PNGPDF-RGBPDF-CMYKSVG | PNGPDF-RGBPDF-CMYKSVG |
| Jan 2007 – Jul 2007 | 18 Apr | 6 May | 15 Apr | PNGPDF-RGBPDF-CMYKSVG | PNGPDF-RGBPDF-CMYKSVG |
| May 2010 – Nov 2010 | 5 Aug | 28 Aug | 4 Aug | PNGPDF-RGBPDF-CMYKSVG | PNGPDF-RGBPDF-CMYKSVG |
| Aug 2013 – Feb 2014 | 20 Nov | 28 Jul | 23 Nov | PNGPDF-RGBPDF-CMYKSVG | PNGPDF-RGBPDF-CMYKSVG |
| Dec 2016 – Jun 2017 | 14 Mar | 17 Mar | 13 Mar | PNGPDF-RGBPDF-CMYKSVG | PNGPDF-RGBPDF-CMYKSVG |
| Apr 2020 – Oct 2020 | 4 Jul | 4 Aug | 2 Jul | PNGPDF-RGBPDF-CMYKSVG | PNGPDF-RGBPDF-CMYKSVG |
| Jul 2023 – Jan 2024 | 21 Oct | 2 Aug | 22 Oct | PNGPDF-RGBPDF-CMYKSVG | PNGPDF-RGBPDF-CMYKSVG |
| Nov 2026 – May 2027 | 8 Feb | 3 Feb | 10 Feb | PNGPDF-RGBPDF-CMYKSVG | PNGPDF-RGBPDF-CMYKSVG |
Credits
The charts above were generated using StarCharter, a command-line tool for producing vector-graphics charts of the night sky, written by the author and freely available for download.
The paths of the planets are taken from the DE430 planetary ephemeris computed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Planetary positions were extracted from the DE430 files using EphemerisCompute, which was also written by the author, and is also freely available for download.
The positions of asteroids are calculated from orbital elements published by Ted Bowell of the Lowell Observatory. Comet positions are computed from orbital elements published by the Minor Planet Center (MPC).
Star positions and magnitudes were taken from the Hipparcos, Tycho, Tycho-2 and Gaia EDR3 catalogs.