96P/Machholz 1 live position and data

This page shows Comet 96P/Machholz 1 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 1 (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 98235	0	19h 57m 46s	-38° 09’ 22”
Star	HIP 98560	7.6882	20h 01m 13s	-38° 40’ 43”
Star	HIP 97986	8.4054	19h 54m 48s	-39° 24’ 17”
Star	HIP 98099	6.4664	19h 56m 10s	-38° 19’ 35”
Star	HIP 98091	8.8454	19h 56m 06s	-38° 15’ 24”
Star	HIP 98226	6.5226	19h 57m 41s	-38° 03’ 31”
Star	HIP 98208	7.616	19h 57m 20s	-39° 23’ 04”
Star	HIP 98556	7.769	20h 01m 12s	-38° 35’ 12”
Star	HIP 98501	7.889	20h 00m 41s	-40° 12’ 00”
Star	HIP 98761	4.614	20h 03m 33s	-37° 56’ 25”
Star	HIP 98774	8.0592	20h 03m 39s	-39° 58’ 28”
Star	HIP 98763	6.8896	20h 03m 35s	-38° 51’ 08”
Star	HIP 98598	8.1536	20h 01m 37s	-38° 25’ 02”
Star	HIP 98813	6.8576	20h 04m 02s	-37° 52’ 31”
Star	HIP 99109	8.514	20h 07m 17s	-39° 21’ 09”
Galaxy	NGC 6849	13.0	20h 06m 16s	-40° 11’ 52”
Galaxy	IC 4931	12.9	20h 00m 50s	-38° 34’ 30”
Galaxy	IC 4926	13.7	20h 00m 12s	-38° 34’ 37”
Galaxy	ESO 339-25	13.6	20h 01m 33s	-38° 24’ 45”
Galaxy	ESO 339-20	14.0	20h 00m 35s	-39° 38’ 54”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 96P/Machholz 1

• 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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