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 93242	7.8248	18h 59m 36s	-21° 49’ 41”
Star	HIP 93423	6.0618	19h 01m 37s	-22° 41’ 43”
Star	HIP 93456	8.7214	19h 01m 59s	-22° 05’ 35”
Star	HIP 93605	8.2792	19h 03m 43s	-22° 42’ 42”
Star	HIP 93646	8.4812	19h 04m 10s	-20° 48’ 03”
Star	HIP 93649	6.7304	19h 04m 14s	-22° 53’ 47”
Star	HIP 93661	7.2456	19h 04m 20s	-21° 31’ 52”
Star	HIP 93683	3.664	19h 04m 40s	-21° 44’ 28”
Star	HIP 93819	8.3942	19h 06m 21s	-22° 36’ 00”
Star	HIP 93832	7.3424	19h 06m 32s	-23° 15’ 12”
Star	HIP 93866	6.774	19h 06m 58s	-22° 29’ 51”
Star	HIP 94026	7.9608	19h 08m 33s	-20° 59’ 29”
Star	HIP 94041	6.581	19h 08m 44s	-23° 11’ 24”
Star	HIP 94115	8.5268	19h 09m 30s	-22° 22’ 38”
Star	HIP 94122	7.7864	19h 09m 34s	-23° 11’ 27”
Star	HIP 94129	8.1358	19h 09m 39s	-21° 28’ 07”
Star	HIP 94141	2.868	19h 09m 45s	-21° 01’ 24”
Star	HIP 94338	7.7398	19h 12m 05s	-21° 55’ 41”

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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