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 97066	8.2448	19h 43m 36s	-38° 52’ 30”
Star	HIP 97546	7.1684	19h 49m 33s	-37° 46’ 49”
Star	HIP 96713	8.6896	19h 39m 37s	-39° 29’ 29”
Star	HIP 97302	7.8914	19h 46m 31s	-39° 25’ 31”
Star	HIP 96768	8.7708	19h 40m 12s	-38° 07’ 55”
Star	HIP 96639	8.4364	19h 38m 52s	-38° 53’ 38”
Star	HIP 97067	6.1382	19h 43m 37s	-37° 32’ 19”
Star	HIP 96739	6.5932	19h 39m 55s	-39° 25’ 57”
Star	HIP 97080	8.816	19h 43m 43s	-38° 54’ 21”
Star	HIP 97133	8.0286	19h 44m 28s	-37° 50’ 40”
Star	HIP 97000	7.6134	19h 42m 55s	-37° 26’ 23”
Star	HIP 97467	8.9596	19h 48m 39s	-37° 59’ 37”
Star	HIP 96752	7.6226	19h 40m 04s	-37° 24’ 04”
Galaxy	PGC 63669	14.0	19h 47m 20s	-38° 07’ 33”

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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