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 65557	6.7702	13h 26m 26s	-34° 00’ 34”
Star	HIP 65688	8.3654	13h 28m 04s	-33° 16’ 33”
Star	HIP 65701	8.132	13h 28m 14s	-33° 42’ 22”
Star	HIP 65806	8.8314	13h 29m 20s	-34° 51’ 16”
Star	HIP 65851	8.4914	13h 29m 55s	-32° 51’ 20”
Star	HIP 65922	7.9876	13h 30m 52s	-34° 05’ 21”
Star	HIP 65924	0	13h 30m 52s	-32° 37’ 45”
Star	HIP 66211	7.445	13h 34m 15s	-34° 23’ 15”
Star	HIP 66254	6.3454	13h 34m 43s	-33° 18’ 38”
Star	HIP 66304	8.9174	13h 35m 20s	-34° 38’ 26”
Star	HIP 66332	8.4546	13h 35m 38s	-32° 48’ 01”
Star	HIP 66356	8.9236	13h 36m 05s	-34° 22’ 26”
Star	HIP 66358	8.9326	13h 36m 08s	-33° 28’ 44”
Star	HIP 66405	6.3758	13h 36m 50s	-34° 28’ 03”
Star	HIP 66463	7.2284	13h 37m 34s	-35° 02’ 56”
Star	HIP 66471	8.81	13h 37m 38s	-34° 18’ 22”
Star	HIP 66577	6.9872	13h 38m 50s	-33° 06’ 40”
Galaxy	NGC 5140	12.8	13h 26m 20s	-33° 52’ 04”
Galaxy	NGC 5161	12.1	13h 29m 13s	-33° 10’ 29”
Galaxy	NGC 5188	12.8	13h 31m 28s	-34° 47’ 44”
Galaxy	NGC 5193A	14.0	13h 31m 48s	-33° 14’ 25”
Galaxy	NGC 5193	12.5	13h 31m 53s	-33° 14’ 07”
Galaxy	PGC 47626	13.5	13h 32m 25s	-33° 08’ 17”
Galaxy	ESO 383-25	14.0	13h 34m 46s	-34° 18’ 43”
Galaxy	NGC 5215B	13.9	13h 35m 09s	-33° 29’ 00”
Galaxy	ESO 383-35	13.9	13h 35m 53s	-34° 17’ 42”
Galaxy	NGC 5220	13.2	13h 35m 56s	-33° 27’ 11”
Galaxy	IC 4296	11.6	13h 36m 38s	-33° 57’ 59”
Galaxy	IC 4299	13.7	13h 36m 47s	-34° 03’ 59”
Galaxy	ESO 383-45	13.9	13h 37m 38s	-33° 48’ 44”

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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