96P/Machholz 1 live position and data

This page shows Comet 96P/Machholz 1 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 1 (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 100352	7.5394	20h 21m 08s	-06° 21’ 19”
Star	HIP 99962	8.2088	20h 16m 53s	-06° 50’ 15”
Star	HIP 99897	7.7918	20h 16m 08s	-07° 43’ 55”
Star	HIP 100427	8.0188	20h 21m 54s	-06° 34’ 00”
Star	HIP 100326	7.9488	20h 20m 47s	-07° 44’ 38”
Star	HIP 99838	7.0258	20h 15m 23s	-05° 32’ 12”
Star	HIP 100283	6.4934	20h 20m 26s	-06° 21’ 41”
Star	HIP 100153	7.3506	20h 18m 56s	-06° 38’ 18”
Star	HIP 100025	8.0566	20h 17m 37s	-06° 24’ 15”
Star	HIP 99849	6.8486	20h 15m 28s	-07° 31’ 52”
Star	HIP 100054	7.1632	20h 17m 56s	-08° 03’ 57”
Star	HIP 99756	8.9308	20h 14m 25s	-06° 02’ 36”
Star	HIP 100312	8.5716	20h 20m 41s	-05° 32’ 00”
Star	HIP 99588	6.9192	20h 12m 38s	-06° 21’ 57”
Star	HIP 99753	7.3626	20h 14m 24s	-06° 02’ 50”
Star	HIP 99611	7.5194	20h 12m 54s	-07° 27’ 29”
Star	HIP 100082	7.9152	20h 18m 14s	-06° 18’ 44”
Star	HIP 99938	8.3466	20h 16m 37s	-07° 26’ 36”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 96P/Machholz 1

• 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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