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 61377	8.7198	12h 34m 41s	+55° 17’ 19”
Star	HIP 61610	8.8316	12h 37m 32s	+55° 56’ 45”
Star	HIP 61631	6.8074	12h 37m 56s	+54° 51’ 11”
Star	HIP 61734	7.969	12h 39m 12s	+56° 00’ 14”
Star	HIP 61839	8.3326	12h 40m 21s	+55° 50’ 47”
Star	HIP 61946	8.1748	12h 41m 44s	+55° 43’ 28”
Star	HIP 62335	8.878	12h 46m 26s	+53° 48’ 02”
Star	HIP 62487	8.8392	12h 48m 18s	+54° 27’ 37”
Star	HIP 62543	8.4914	12h 48m 55s	+54° 14’ 53”
Star	HIP 62631	7.0248	12h 50m 00s	+54° 45’ 21”
Galaxy	NGC 4566	13.9	12h 36m 00s	+54° 13’ 11”
Galaxy	NGC 4686	13.7	12h 46m 39s	+54° 32’ 11”

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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