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 80581	8.7914	16h 27m 10s	-42° 28’ 05”
Star	HIP 80629	8.0674	16h 27m 48s	-41° 18’ 29”
Star	HIP 80746	8.9988	16h 29m 09s	-41° 37’ 29”
Star	HIP 80792	8.6734	16h 29m 46s	-41° 04’ 17”
Star	HIP 80908	8.6622	16h 31m 21s	-41° 03’ 33”
Star	HIP 80914	8.561	16h 31m 23s	-40° 38’ 51”
Star	HIP 80945	5.3042	16h 31m 41s	-41° 49’ 01”
Star	HIP 80955	8.548	16h 31m 48s	-42° 44’ 24”
Star	HIP 81221	8.8718	16h 35m 22s	-41° 46’ 25”
Star	HIP 81316	7.112	16h 36m 28s	-40° 18’ 10”
Star	HIP 81407	8.8948	16h 37m 36s	-40° 53’ 13”

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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