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 561	0	00h 06m 50s	+68° 10’ 01”
Star	HIP 1068	0	00h 13m 14s	+69° 19’ 39”
Star	HIP 117287	0	23h 46m 55s	+68° 24’ 29”
Star	HIP 117650	0	23h 51m 36s	+68° 13’ 54”
Star	HIP 117469	8.0698	23h 49m 09s	+68° 40’ 06”
Star	HIP 118201	7.9644	23h 58m 33s	+69° 20’ 38”
Star	HIP 118113	8.6914	23h 57m 32s	+67° 33’ 15”
Star	HIP 422	7.2828	00h 05m 08s	+67° 50’ 24”
Star	HIP 440	7.0818	00h 05m 19s	+68° 53’ 03”
Star	HIP 548	8.1472	00h 06m 40s	+70° 10’ 09”
Star	HIP 172	8.9748	00h 02m 10s	+67° 24’ 32”
Star	HIP 527	7.9122	00h 06m 20s	+68° 38’ 10”
Star	HIP 86	8.0464	00h 01m 02s	+69° 36’ 12”
Star	HIP 117546	8.2536	23h 50m 18s	+69° 30’ 14”

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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