141P/Machholz 2 live position and data

This page shows Comet 141P/Machholz 2 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 Comet 141P/Machholz 2 (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 39268	8.2556	08h 01m 47s	+05° 12’ 04”
Star	HIP 39582	8.5492	08h 05m 18s	+05° 25’ 07”
Star	HIP 39954	7.7054	08h 09m 32s	+05° 55’ 37”
Star	HIP 39540	7.8386	08h 04m 47s	+06° 11’ 09”
Star	HIP 39453	7.747	08h 03m 52s	+06° 19’ 24”
Star	HIP 39635	8.7766	08h 05m 59s	+06° 00’ 00”
Star	HIP 39025	8.1752	07h 59m 06s	+06° 20’ 12”
Star	HIP 39405	8.623	08h 03m 20s	+07° 07’ 28”
Star	HIP 39322	8.5294	08h 02m 22s	+06° 35’ 25”
Star	HIP 39213	5.6482	08h 01m 13s	+04° 52’ 47”
Star	HIP 39591	7.1646	08h 05m 24s	+05° 49’ 39”
Star	HIP 39789	8.1422	08h 07m 50s	+05° 08’ 13”
Star	HIP 39733	7.6298	08h 07m 17s	+07° 16’ 59”
Star	HIP 39848	7.4624	08h 08m 27s	+05° 22’ 00”
Galaxy	UGC 4228	13.7	08h 06m 47s	+05° 18’ 28”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 141P/Machholz 2

• 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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