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 90154	0	18h 23m 51s	-27° 46’ 16”
Star	HIP 90128	7.6646	18h 23m 33s	-26° 10’ 17”
Star	HIP 89929	8.243	18h 20m 58s	-28° 42’ 25”
Star	HIP 89678	4.4872	18h 18m 03s	-27° 02’ 33”
Star	HIP 89592	8.7202	18h 16m 57s	-27° 42’ 56”
Star	HIP 89620	6.321	18h 17m 23s	-28° 17’ 18”
Star	HIP 89871	7.1266	18h 20m 21s	-27° 24’ 27”
Star	HIP 90100	8.259	18h 23m 14s	-28° 24’ 43”
Star	HIP 90121	8.1012	18h 23m 26s	-27° 30’ 08”
Star	HIP 90012	6.1414	18h 22m 00s	-28° 25’ 47”
Star	HIP 89954	6.8914	18h 21m 12s	-26° 05’ 06”
Star	HIP 89662	7.062	18h 17m 51s	-27° 21’ 17”
Star	HIP 89622	6.1622	18h 17m 24s	-28° 39’ 07”
Star	HIP 90184	7.3942	18h 24m 10s	-26° 26’ 50”

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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