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 43426	0	08h 50m 44s	+35° 04’ 14”
Star	HIP 42616	8.2912	08h 41m 06s	+36° 11’ 07”
Star	HIP 42623	8.3348	08h 41m 12s	+35° 57’ 58”
Star	HIP 42465	7.3574	08h 39m 27s	+35° 31’ 11”
Star	HIP 42583	8.5492	08h 40m 44s	+34° 49’ 14”
Star	HIP 43368	8.3064	08h 50m 01s	+35° 22’ 47”
Star	HIP 42856	8.4128	08h 44m 00s	+35° 02’ 15”
Star	HIP 42386	8.9618	08h 38m 35s	+34° 29’ 15”
Star	HIP 43220	7.9656	08h 48m 16s	+34° 35’ 56”
Star	HIP 42589	8.2388	08h 40m 48s	+33° 54’ 30”
Star	HIP 42417	8.4032	08h 39m 00s	+34° 44’ 03”
Star	HIP 42734	7.3666	08h 42m 30s	+34° 11’ 18”
Galaxy	NGC 2649	13.1	08h 44m 08s	+34° 43’ 03”
Galaxy	UGC 4621	13.8	08h 50m 11s	+35° 04’ 33”

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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