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 86245	8.3176	17h 37m 26s	+22° 21’ 11”
Star	HIP 86258	8.629	17h 37m 33s	+23° 06’ 26”
Star	HIP 86282	8.9684	17h 37m 48s	+22° 57’ 21”
Star	HIP 86361	8.5676	17h 38m 48s	+22° 26’ 13”
Star	HIP 86366	7.9388	17h 38m 52s	+22° 16’ 28”
Star	HIP 86596	6.6992	17h 41m 47s	+21° 30’ 06”
Star	HIP 86608	8.516	17h 41m 55s	+21° 07’ 44”
Star	HIP 86657	8.4416	17h 42m 21s	+23° 28’ 13”
Star	HIP 86722	7.4352	17h 43m 15s	+21° 36’ 38”
Star	HIP 86726	8.8262	17h 43m 18s	+22° 47’ 35”
Star	HIP 86738	8.2556	17h 43m 25s	+21° 39’ 43”
Star	HIP 86756	8.2708	17h 43m 38s	+22° 36’ 43”
Star	HIP 86907	8.4384	17h 45m 27s	+22° 19’ 30”
Star	HIP 86941	8.243	17h 45m 54s	+21° 53’ 17”
Star	HIP 87059	8.793	17h 47m 25s	+22° 46’ 42”

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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