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 96094	8.3352	19h 32m 14s	-28° 22’ 30”
Star	HIP 95509	8.4614	19h 25m 32s	-30° 17’ 44”
Star	HIP 95456	5.7964	19h 25m 04s	-29° 18’ 33”
Star	HIP 96111	6.5006	19h 32m 28s	-30° 52’ 09”
Star	HIP 95991	7.2924	19h 31m 06s	-29° 29’ 41”
Star	HIP 95735	8.3212	19h 28m 22s	-29° 23’ 13”
Star	HIP 96089	8.663	19h 32m 11s	-30° 44’ 53”
Star	HIP 95619	5.65	19h 26m 56s	-29° 44’ 35”
Star	HIP 95782	7.8622	19h 28m 53s	-28° 58’ 11”
Star	HIP 96408	7.9092	19h 36m 03s	-28° 40’ 06”
Star	HIP 96154	6.5826	19h 33m 03s	-30° 21’ 45”
Star	HIP 95849	7.0912	19h 29m 40s	-30° 47’ 49”
Star	HIP 96151	8.8664	19h 32m 59s	-30° 35’ 07”
Galaxy	ESO 460-4	13.9	19h 28m 16s	-29° 31’ 44”

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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