141P/Machholz live position and data

This page shows Comet 141P/Machholz 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 Comet 141P/Machholz (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 64924	0	13h 18m 24s	-18° 18’ 30”
Star	HIP 65344	0	13h 23m 33s	-16° 39’ 57”
Star	HIP 64944	7.4094	13h 18m 45s	-17° 08’ 01”
Star	HIP 64573	8.2536	13h 14m 09s	-16° 33’ 30”
Star	HIP 65086	8.7236	13h 20m 26s	-16° 42’ 13”
Star	HIP 65111	8.0496	13h 20m 36s	-18° 25’ 28”
Star	HIP 65310	8.4708	13h 23m 06s	-15° 55’ 41”
Star	HIP 65369	8.779	13h 23m 50s	-18° 15’ 12”
Star	HIP 65275	8.0024	13h 22m 43s	-18° 01’ 50”
Star	HIP 65301	5.2648	13h 23m 01s	-17° 44’ 06”
Galaxy	NGC 5044	11.7	13h 15m 23s	-16° 23’ 09”
Galaxy	NGC 5046	13.9	13h 15m 45s	-16° 19’ 37”
Galaxy	PGC 46665	13.1	13h 21m 50s	-17° 20’ 04”
Galaxy	NGC 5049	13.7	13h 15m 59s	-16° 23’ 52”
Galaxy	NGC 5047	13.5	13h 15m 48s	-16° 31’ 09”
Galaxy	PGC 46350	14.0	13h 18m 21s	-15° 45’ 46”
Galaxy	NGC 5037	12.5	13h 14m 59s	-16° 35’ 27”
Galaxy	PGC 46494	13.5	13h 19m 54s	-17° 18’ 51”
Galaxy	NGC 5035	13.7	13h 14m 49s	-16° 29’ 35”
Galaxy	NGC 5054	11.7	13h 16m 58s	-16° 38’ 07”

Additional resources

• 15 Days Ephemerides
• Interactive Sky Map (Planetarium)
• Rise & Set Times
• Distance from Earth
• Light Curve

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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