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 20918	8.437	04h 29m 01s	+71° 39’ 49”
Star	HIP 21142	7.5188	04h 31m 56s	+70° 34’ 33”
Star	HIP 20377	8.5992	04h 21m 48s	+71° 18’ 26”
Star	HIP 20437	8.8394	04h 22m 41s	+71° 02’ 40”
Star	HIP 19973	8.6612	04h 16m 58s	+70° 41’ 05”
Star	HIP 20974	6.4682	04h 29m 51s	+69° 22’ 42”
Star	HIP 20779	7.5666	04h 27m 03s	+71° 46’ 53”
Star	HIP 20921	8.946	04h 29m 05s	+69° 16’ 13”
Star	HIP 19195	8.6676	04h 06m 49s	+70° 27’ 38”
Star	HIP 19377	7.6028	04h 09m 03s	+71° 20’ 37”
Star	HIP 21058	8.7058	04h 30m 48s	+69° 15’ 13”
Star	HIP 21083	7.6326	04h 31m 07s	+70° 20’ 20”
Star	HIP 19802	8.0302	04h 14m 43s	+71° 12’ 55”
Star	HIP 19500	7.8938	04h 10m 41s	+70° 19’ 43”
Star	HIP 21587	7.6412	04h 38m 08s	+71° 28’ 11”
Star	HIP 20517	7.7312	04h 23m 46s	+69° 07’ 46”
Star	HIP 19770	7.1612	04h 14m 20s	+69° 30’ 24”
Star	HIP 21325	7.9348	04h 34m 38s	+70° 20’ 46”
Star	HIP 20448	8.1472	04h 22m 51s	+70° 50’ 43”

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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