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 39416	7.308	08h 03m 27s	+16° 50’ 51”
Star	HIP 39046	7.4656	07h 59m 17s	+16° 49’ 08”
Star	HIP 39215	8.8524	08h 01m 15s	+18° 23’ 22”
Star	HIP 38890	8.1208	07h 57m 31s	+18° 06’ 03”
Star	HIP 39171	7.8816	08h 00m 43s	+16° 35’ 17”
Star	HIP 39226	8.3964	08h 01m 23s	+16° 56’ 58”
Star	HIP 39460	8.7078	08h 03m 55s	+16° 38’ 43”
Star	HIP 39434	7.684	08h 03m 40s	+17° 43’ 33”
Star	HIP 39587	7.7154	08h 05m 21s	+17° 37’ 18”
Star	HIP 38935	8.4888	07h 58m 00s	+17° 41’ 23”
Star	HIP 38975	5.8678	07h 58m 31s	+16° 31’ 07”
Star	HIP 39351	7.6818	08h 02m 36s	+15° 54’ 54”
Star	HIP 39169	7.0084	08h 00m 41s	+18° 14’ 44”
Star	HIP 39120	8.884	08h 00m 12s	+15° 58’ 21”
Star	HIP 39236	5.9818	08h 01m 30s	+16° 27’ 19”
Star	HIP 39177	5.4574	08h 00m 47s	+17° 18’ 31”
Galaxy	NGC 2514	14.0	08h 02m 49s	+15° 48’ 28”
Galaxy	UGC 4139	14.0	07h 59m 24s	+16° 25’ 14”

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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