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 63592	7.9916	13h 01m 53s	-19° 46’ 28”
Star	HIP 63423	7.1928	12h 59m 48s	-20° 17’ 30”
Star	HIP 63662	7.864	13h 02m 51s	-18° 26’ 17”
Star	HIP 63538	6.7692	13h 01m 13s	-20° 46’ 39”
Star	HIP 63142	7.1346	12h 56m 17s	-19° 37’ 53”
Star	HIP 63683	7.7662	13h 03m 02s	-19° 04’ 38”
Star	HIP 63879	8.5828	13h 05m 28s	-18° 58’ 45”
Star	HIP 64017	7.9948	13h 07m 03s	-20° 08’ 25”
Star	HIP 63905	8.3096	13h 05m 46s	-18° 49’ 32”
Star	HIP 63271	8.9878	12h 57m 55s	-19° 11’ 17”
Star	HIP 63247	8.2134	12h 57m 35s	-19° 45’ 01”
Star	HIP 63955	8.3198	13h 06m 24s	-20° 03’ 31”
Star	HIP 63738	5.5502	13h 03m 46s	-20° 35’ 00”
Star	HIP 63129	7.8814	12h 56m 04s	-20° 12’ 51”
Star	HIP 63673	8.5602	13h 02m 57s	-20° 29’ 22”
Star	HIP 63261	8.618	12h 57m 47s	-20° 52’ 05”
Galaxy	ESO 575-33	13.8	12h 57m 00s	-20° 28’ 49”
Galaxy	ESO 575-32	14.0	12h 56m 56s	-20° 28’ 18”
Galaxy	NGC 4830	13.0	12h 57m 27s	-19° 41’ 30”
Galaxy	ESO 575-29	13.7	12h 55m 59s	-19° 16’ 08”

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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