C/2016 A1 (PANSTARRS) live position and data

This page shows Comet C/2016 A1 (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/2016 A1 (PANSTARRS) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 111675	8.3308	22h 37m 23s	+68° 04’ 55”
Star	HIP 112970	6.9254	22h 52m 42s	+67° 59’ 24”
Star	HIP 111319	7.7232	22h 33m 07s	+68° 30’ 17”
Star	HIP 111917	8.3942	22h 40m 12s	+67° 09’ 14”
Star	HIP 113243	8.0566	22h 55m 55s	+68° 14’ 55”
Star	HIP 112317	8.546	22h 45m 02s	+68° 07’ 58”
Star	HIP 112446	8.823	22h 46m 41s	+69° 26’ 40”
Star	HIP 112946	7.4818	22h 52m 30s	+67° 59’ 36”
Star	HIP 111670	7.2716	22h 37m 19s	+69° 12’ 31”
Star	HIP 112789	8.8706	22h 50m 27s	+68° 27’ 14”
Star	HIP 113216	7.4092	22h 55m 40s	+68° 37’ 02”
Star	HIP 112792	8.3944	22h 50m 28s	+67° 09’ 52”
Star	HIP 113385	8.2296	22h 57m 47s	+68° 24’ 26”
Star	HIP 112670	6.1054	22h 49m 00s	+68° 34’ 12”
Star	HIP 111046	7.763	22h 29m 46s	+68° 13’ 16”
Star	HIP 111569	8.415	22h 36m 08s	+69° 03’ 40”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet C/2016 A1 (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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