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 95345	6.98	19h 23m 50s	-34° 58’ 01”
Star	HIP 94764	8.5484	19h 16m 57s	-35° 11’ 03”
Star	HIP 94661	8.5198	19h 15m 45s	-34° 16’ 08”
Star	HIP 94621	8.049	19h 15m 18s	-34° 48’ 33”
Star	HIP 95149	6.424	19h 21m 29s	-34° 58’ 59”
Star	HIP 94986	5.5952	19h 19m 39s	-35° 25’ 17”
Star	HIP 95036	7.8074	19h 20m 13s	-36° 13’ 39”
Star	HIP 95043	8.6624	19h 20m 19s	-34° 16’ 10”
Star	HIP 95276	8.5494	19h 23m 03s	-35° 08’ 51”
Star	HIP 94818	8.5052	19h 17m 36s	-34° 31’ 36”
Star	HIP 94777	8.7012	19h 17m 05s	-34° 11’ 54”
Star	HIP 94844	8.2934	19h 17m 55s	-34° 31’ 10”
Star	HIP 95359	8.0974	19h 24m 02s	-35° 56’ 24”
Star	HIP 94640	8.4348	19h 15m 27s	-35° 09’ 31”
Galaxy	ESO 397-15	14.0	19h 18m 39s	-34° 54’ 35”

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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