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 44330	0	09h 01m 40s	+30° 34’ 02”
Star	HIP 44031	6.2118	08h 57m 58s	+30° 14’ 01”
Star	HIP 44211	7.4688	09h 00m 20s	+28° 40’ 07”
Star	HIP 43882	8.5068	08h 56m 22s	+28° 40’ 05”
Star	HIP 44530	7.5006	09h 04m 22s	+29° 16’ 04”
Star	HIP 44342	6.0432	09h 01m 48s	+27° 54’ 10”
Star	HIP 44627	8.5972	09h 05m 38s	+28° 42’ 54”
Star	HIP 44426	8.016	09h 03m 07s	+30° 06’ 09”
Star	HIP 44087	8.7582	08h 58m 48s	+30° 28’ 01”
Star	HIP 44400	8.7102	09h 02m 41s	+29° 22’ 30”

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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