96P/Machholz live position and data

This page shows Comet 96P/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 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 96P/Machholz (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 96307	0	19h 34m 53s	-32° 36’ 56”
Star	HIP 96891	0	19h 41m 44s	-32° 52’ 15”
Star	HIP 96964	8.6928	19h 42m 35s	-32° 14’ 21”
Star	HIP 96758	8.5326	19h 40m 05s	-34° 07’ 46”
Star	HIP 96375	8.7176	19h 35m 38s	-33° 06’ 27”
Star	HIP 97161	8.8022	19h 44m 56s	-33° 15’ 16”
Star	HIP 97055	8.6098	19h 43m 28s	-32° 31’ 18”
Star	HIP 96889	8.756	19h 41m 41s	-33° 27’ 58”
Star	HIP 96453	6.8926	19h 36m 36s	-32° 41’ 27”
Star	HIP 96854	8.0442	19h 41m 13s	-32° 52’ 23”
Star	HIP 96577	6.7666	19h 38m 00s	-32° 54’ 45”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 96P/Machholz

• 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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