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 90290	6.0512	18h 25m 21s	-35° 59’ 31”
Star	HIP 90219	7.724	18h 24m 31s	-37° 13’ 36”
Star	HIP 89399	7.7928	18h 14m 38s	-36° 53’ 56”
Star	HIP 90074	5.3452	18h 22m 53s	-36° 40’ 10”
Star	HIP 89920	6.2974	18h 20m 55s	-37° 29’ 15”
Star	HIP 89841	8.8164	18h 20m 02s	-35° 53’ 27”
Star	HIP 89679	8.7934	18h 18m 04s	-37° 06’ 28”
Star	HIP 89859	6.869	18h 20m 16s	-35° 25’ 43”
Star	HIP 89642	2.9788	18h 17m 37s	-36° 45’ 40”
Star	HIP 90006	7.9792	18h 21m 50s	-35° 02’ 49”
Star	HIP 90124	5.4276	18h 23m 28s	-36° 14’ 16”
Star	HIP 89710	8.4492	18h 18m 32s	-35° 03’ 00”
Star	HIP 89502	6.9162	18h 15m 50s	-36° 34’ 25”
Star	HIP 89724	7.444	18h 18m 39s	-37° 13’ 27”
Star	HIP 89438	8.311	18h 15m 12s	-35° 49’ 08”
Star	HIP 89537	8.579	18h 16m 12s	-36° 36’ 05”
Star	HIP 89499	7.4084	18h 15m 49s	-35° 38’ 14”
Star	HIP 90302	7.9192	18h 25m 31s	-37° 08’ 56”
Star	HIP 89513	8.2574	18h 15m 59s	-37° 03’ 13”
Star	HIP 90245	8.513	18h 24m 48s	-36° 42’ 22”
Star	HIP 89766	8.4558	18h 19m 05s	-35° 09’ 24”
Star	HIP 89539	7.129	18h 16m 13s	-35° 14’ 27”
Star	HIP 89868	7.684	18h 20m 20s	-36° 25’ 45”

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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