C/2015 B1 (PANSTARRS) live position and data

This page shows Comet C/2015 B1 (PANSTARRS) 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 C/2015 B1 (PANSTARRS) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 77560	8.921	15h 50m 06s	-39° 38’ 20”
Star	HIP 77789	8.285	15h 53m 02s	-39° 53’ 37”
Star	HIP 77888	7.5824	15h 54m 24s	-41° 10’ 22”
Star	HIP 77951	7.4978	15h 55m 07s	-40° 36’ 45”
Star	HIP 77962	8.0846	15h 55m 18s	-39° 34’ 19”
Star	HIP 78027	7.3214	15h 55m 56s	-40° 47’ 11”
Star	HIP 78042	7.0366	15h 56m 05s	-40° 42’ 16”
Star	HIP 78046	6.0248	15h 56m 06s	-39° 51’ 51”
Star	HIP 78057	8.612	15h 56m 12s	-38° 50’ 38”
Star	HIP 78163	8.6178	15h 57m 39s	-39° 14’ 59”
Star	HIP 78267	7.9566	15h 58m 52s	-38° 59’ 50”
Star	HIP 78324	8.1594	15h 59m 30s	-40° 51’ 54”
Star	HIP 78367	6.346	15h 59m 57s	-40° 39’ 11”
Star	HIP 78435	6.665	16h 00m 46s	-39° 05’ 18”
Star	HIP 78445	6.2282	16h 00m 53s	-40° 26’ 08”
Star	HIP 78456	8.9178	16h 01m 01s	-39° 42’ 08”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet C/2015 B1 (PANSTARRS)

• 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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