C/2015 O1 (PANSTARRS) live position and data

This page shows Comet C/2015 O1 (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 O1 (PANSTARRS) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 54692	7.1456	11h 11m 49s	+42° 49’ 57”
Star	HIP 55218	6.8112	11h 18m 28s	+42° 18’ 59”
Star	HIP 54992	8.0958	11h 15m 36s	+42° 20’ 21”
Star	HIP 54842	6.0452	11h 13m 40s	+41° 05’ 19”
Star	HIP 54614	7.6316	11h 10m 37s	+42° 25’ 34”
Star	HIP 54537	5.7552	11h 09m 38s	+43° 12’ 27”
Star	HIP 55182	8.9192	11h 17m 55s	+40° 50’ 14”
Star	HIP 54747	8.432	11h 12m 34s	+40° 32’ 03”
Star	HIP 54536	8.3042	11h 09m 37s	+41° 54’ 50”
Star	HIP 54498	8.8532	11h 08m 58s	+41° 10’ 32”
Star	HIP 55147	8.2688	11h 17m 26s	+41° 46’ 23”
Star	HIP 55101	7.6028	11h 16m 53s	+41° 43’ 32”
Star	HIP 54681	8.2122	11h 11m 37s	+42° 49’ 05”
Star	HIP 55047	8.8334	11h 16m 08s	+40° 31’ 47”
Star	HIP 55073	8.3972	11h 16m 31s	+42° 21’ 15”
Galaxy	NGC 3600	12.6	11h 15m 52s	+41° 35’ 26”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet C/2015 O1 (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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