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 79724	6.483	16h 16m 16s	+23° 07’ 21”
Star	HIP 79846	7.0314	16h 17m 51s	+23° 36’ 25”
Star	HIP 79955	8.6754	16h 19m 12s	+21° 47’ 19”
Star	HIP 80003	0	16h 19m 51s	+22° 38’ 24”
Star	HIP 80021	5.942	16h 20m 04s	+21° 07’ 57”
Star	HIP 80103	8.8552	16h 21m 06s	+23° 38’ 06”
Star	HIP 80111	6.7918	16h 21m 10s	+22° 14’ 23”
Star	HIP 80117	7.8592	16h 21m 14s	+22° 59’ 18”
Star	HIP 80156	8.2914	16h 21m 41s	+21° 39’ 14”
Star	HIP 80164	6.9572	16h 21m 52s	+21° 48’ 43”
Star	HIP 80175	8.5356	16h 21m 58s	+22° 32’ 24”
Star	HIP 80226	7.8082	16h 22m 38s	+21° 45’ 24”
Star	HIP 80302	7.986	16h 23m 35s	+21° 03’ 27”
Star	HIP 80318	8.9584	16h 23m 53s	+22° 48’ 53”
Star	HIP 80406	7.5704	16h 24m 45s	+22° 22’ 58”
Star	HIP 80523	7.7454	16h 26m 17s	+23° 03’ 52”

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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