96P/Machholz Real Time Position & Data |
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Right Ascension: 17.217725
Declination: -24.090665 (J2000) Magnitude: 21.39 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Ophiucus
Sun Distance: 529526352 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 562325192 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 16 Jul 2012 02:52 UTC [] |
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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 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 84147 | 6.5172 | 17h 12m 13s | -25° 15’ 18” |
| Star | HIP 84494 | 7.0162 | 17h 16m 27s | -25° 18’ 19” |
| Star | HIP 84284 | 8.9484 | 17h 13m 45s | -24° 03’ 07” |
| Star | HIP 84172 | 7.8198 | 17h 12m 23s | -22° 55’ 30” |
| Star | HIP 83981 | 8.5748 | 17h 10m 04s | -24° 00’ 49” |
| Star | HIP 83875 | 8.6794 | 17h 08m 33s | -23° 13’ 37” |
| Star | HIP 84636 | 6.5232 | 17h 18m 07s | -24° 04’ 22” |
| Star | HIP 84625 | 6.5846 | 17h 18m 00s | -24° 17’ 02” |
| Star | HIP 83911 | 8.04 | 17h 08m 57s | -23° 59’ 36” |
| Star | HIP 84076 | 8.2918 | 17h 11m 20s | -25° 01’ 53” |
| Star | HIP 84181 | 8.2684 | 17h 12m 31s | -25° 13’ 37” |
| Star | HIP 84626 | 4.9986 | 17h 18m 00s | -24° 17’ 12” |
Additional resources
- 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:
- 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
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