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 89031	7.7984	18h 10m 14s	-42° 24’ 11”
Star	HIP 89211	8.2482	18h 12m 21s	-43° 26’ 37”
Star	HIP 88310	8.5612	18h 02m 06s	-44° 26’ 26”
Star	HIP 88398	7.295	18h 03m 02s	-43° 27’ 46”
Star	HIP 88777	8.4844	18h 07m 22s	-44° 09’ 25”
Star	HIP 88553	8.4142	18h 04m 53s	-44° 39’ 43”
Star	HIP 89160	7.5554	18h 11m 46s	-43° 04’ 55”
Star	HIP 89373	7.7308	18h 14m 19s	-43° 09’ 14”
Star	HIP 89345	6.8486	18h 13m 48s	-43° 12’ 15”
Star	HIP 88803	7.3442	18h 07m 40s	-43° 23’ 31”
Star	HIP 88903	7.1234	18h 08m 53s	-42° 39’ 25”
Star	HIP 88549	8.6766	18h 04m 49s	-43° 50’ 24”
Star	HIP 88726	4.8114	18h 06m 49s	-43° 25’ 29”
Star	HIP 88990	6.9232	18h 09m 48s	-44° 56’ 43”
Star	HIP 88338	7.3586	18h 02m 26s	-42° 54’ 16”
Star	HIP 88712	8.385	18h 06m 37s	-42° 36’ 24”
Star	HIP 89332	8.8904	18h 13m 38s	-44° 29’ 59”
Star	HIP 89135	8.1498	18h 11m 27s	-44° 35’ 09”
Star	HIP 88711	7.8624	18h 06m 36s	-43° 37’ 38”
Star	HIP 88517	8.3536	18h 04m 32s	-42° 13’ 24”
Star	HIP 89108	8.861	18h 11m 11s	-44° 17’ 57”

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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