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 88433	8.9262	18h 03m 17s	-31° 11’ 55”
Star	HIP 89010	6.3058	18h 09m 59s	-32° 43’ 09”
Star	HIP 88926	8.8338	18h 09m 08s	-33° 19’ 00”
Star	HIP 88709	8.3504	18h 06m 35s	-31° 39’ 14”
Star	HIP 88585	8.4282	18h 05m 13s	-32° 15’ 35”
Star	HIP 88677	8.5472	18h 06m 11s	-32° 39’ 56”
Star	HIP 89176	8.2544	18h 11m 56s	-32° 39’ 06”
Star	HIP 89127	7.5664	18h 11m 23s	-33° 19’ 36”
Star	HIP 89199	8.6204	18h 12m 13s	-32° 16’ 53”
Star	HIP 88287	8.8058	18h 01m 43s	-32° 42’ 55”
Star	HIP 89016	7.6566	18h 10m 03s	-32° 08’ 37”
Star	HIP 88925	8.3098	18h 09m 07s	-33° 33’ 49”
Star	HIP 89035	7.6764	18h 10m 20s	-31° 31’ 57”
Star	HIP 88259	8.31	18h 01m 23s	-31° 44’ 54”
Star	HIP 88618	8.994	18h 05m 36s	-33° 18’ 40”
Star	HIP 89105	8.8232	18h 11m 07s	-32° 59’ 26”
Star	HIP 88914	7.9828	18h 08m 59s	-31° 09’ 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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