Object: 96P/Machholz (open sky map)

RA 18h 59m 19s Dec -36° 39’ 02” Appar J2000

Mag: 24.10 (Estimated: JPL) Const: Sagittarius

Sun Dist: 885438914.74854 km [ km/s]
Earth Dist: 737162573.95481 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 16 Jul 2012 02:52 UTC []

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96P/Machholz Live Position Tracker

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 in the background 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 93449	0	19h 01m 53s	-36° 57’ 08”
Star	HIP 92454	7.638	18h 50m 30s	-36° 48’ 53”
Star	HIP 93099	7.9758	18h 57m 58s	-38° 10’ 06”
Star	HIP 93425	7.2884	19h 01m 38s	-36° 53’ 26”
Star	HIP 93227	8.5588	18h 59m 24s	-35° 54’ 46”
Star	HIP 92839	8.4634	18h 54m 55s	-35° 44’ 03”
Star	HIP 93384	8.665	19h 01m 12s	-35° 58’ 08”
Star	HIP 93689	8.1348	19h 04m 44s	-36° 50’ 40”
Star	HIP 92989	5.3706	18h 56m 40s	-37° 20’ 35”
Star	HIP 92866	6.3724	18h 55m 23s	-37° 23’ 11”
Star	HIP 93191	7.5416	18h 58m 53s	-35° 57’ 52”
Star	HIP 93174	4.7944	18h 58m 43s	-37° 06’ 25”
Star	HIP 92907	8.9214	18h 55m 47s	-36° 34’ 35”
Star	HIP 93515	8.9414	19h 02m 42s	-36° 05’ 47”
Star	HIP 92858	7.8536	18h 55m 18s	-37° 29’ 50”
Star	HIP 92999	8.6828	18h 56m 45s	-35° 18’ 00”
Star	HIP 93371	6.4054	19h 01m 04s	-37° 03’ 41”
Star	HIP 93125	7.549	18h 58m 14s	-37° 19’ 00”
Star	HIP 93109	8.6332	18h 58m 04s	-35° 44’ 41”
Star	HIP 93368	6.6954	19h 01m 03s	-37° 03’ 39”
Star	HIP 92471	8.6694	18h 50m 41s	-36° 28’ 05”
Star	HIP 92639	8.5168	18h 52m 32s	-36° 35’ 02”
Star	HIP 92618	7.8762	18h 52m 17s	-35° 37’ 26”
Star	HIP 92502	7.4094	18h 51m 05s	-37° 14’ 52”
Star	HIP 92734	8.8786	18h 53m 49s	-37° 58’ 35”
Star	HIP 93152	8.8248	18h 58m 29s	-35° 53’ 20”

Additional resources

Astronomy databases

This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services:

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
The Hipparcos Star Catalogue, containing more than 100.000 bright stars
The PGC 2003 Catalogue, containing information about 1 million galaxies
The GSC 2.3 Catalogue, containing information about more than 2 billion stars and galaxies

Please see the acknowledgements section.

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