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 57244	0	11h 44m 17s	+40° 32’ 20”
Star	HIP 57250	7.7032	11h 44m 20s	+38° 31’ 39”
Star	HIP 56818	7.1762	11h 38m 49s	+39° 10’ 21”
Star	HIP 57573	8.9092	11h 48m 02s	+40° 40’ 31”
Star	HIP 56768	8.8794	11h 38m 19s	+38° 45’ 16”
Star	HIP 57290	8.9564	11h 44m 50s	+37° 55’ 22”
Star	HIP 56805	8.8036	11h 38m 43s	+38° 38’ 58”
Star	HIP 57245	8.5234	11h 44m 18s	+39° 00’ 24”
Star	HIP 57090	8.946	11h 42m 13s	+39° 39’ 35”
Star	HIP 57716	8.7032	11h 50m 11s	+38° 47’ 25”
Star	HIP 57389	7.8854	11h 45m 58s	+39° 23’ 42”
Star	HIP 57600	8.8534	11h 48m 33s	+40° 38’ 14”
Star	HIP 57223	8.6232	11h 44m 00s	+40° 04’ 57”
Star	HIP 57535	8.575	11h 47m 30s	+39° 55’ 40”
Star	HIP 57408	8.5354	11h 46m 09s	+39° 24’ 05”
Galaxy	UGC 6817	13.6	11h 50m 52s	+38° 52’ 50”

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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