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 57731	0	11h 50m 19s	+37° 40’ 51”
Star	HIP 57939	6.357	11h 52m 55s	+37° 43’ 58”
Star	HIP 57968	8.6342	11h 53m 23s	+36° 43’ 56”
Star	HIP 57638	8.1488	11h 49m 08s	+37° 06’ 58”
Star	HIP 58202	7.7942	11h 56m 12s	+36° 14’ 55”
Star	HIP 57831	8.9364	11h 51m 34s	+36° 35’ 14”
Star	HIP 58028	8.9964	11h 54m 04s	+37° 57’ 07”
Star	HIP 57788	8.8922	11h 51m 00s	+36° 53’ 21”
Star	HIP 58119	6.3488	11h 55m 14s	+36° 45’ 23”
Star	HIP 57801	7.4614	11h 51m 07s	+36° 50’ 06”
Star	HIP 57608	8.272	11h 48m 39s	+36° 29’ 25”
Galaxy	NGC 3930	13.2	11h 51m 46s	+38° 00’ 54”
Galaxy	NGC 3941	11.3	11h 52m 55s	+36° 59’ 13”

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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