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 92430	8.6582	18h 50m 12s	-33° 31’ 25”
Star	HIP 92329	6.5922	18h 49m 03s	-32° 42’ 37”
Star	HIP 91978	7.6696	18h 44m 50s	-33° 23’ 01”
Star	HIP 92120	7.613	18h 46m 30s	-33° 54’ 29”
Star	HIP 92280	7.5908	18h 48m 22s	-31° 51’ 53”
Star	HIP 92959	7.7184	18h 56m 19s	-33° 16’ 14”
Star	HIP 92392	7.7626	18h 49m 41s	-33° 35’ 52”
Star	HIP 92465	8.9118	18h 50m 38s	-34° 22’ 03”
Star	HIP 92476	7.3464	18h 50m 46s	-34° 18’ 18”
Star	HIP 92397	8.905	18h 49m 44s	-31° 32’ 26”
Star	HIP 92197	8.7292	18h 47m 23s	-32° 38’ 51”
Star	HIP 91791	8.0616	18h 43m 01s	-32° 44’ 58”
Star	HIP 92427	8.0582	18h 50m 09s	-33° 35’ 52”
Star	HIP 92864	8.3302	18h 55m 20s	-32° 32’ 32”
Star	HIP 92268	6.9422	18h 48m 14s	-33° 54’ 29”
Star	HIP 92723	6.6344	18h 53m 40s	-31° 59’ 31”

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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