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 1756	7.4342	00h 22m 14s	+71° 30’ 29”
Star	HIP 1461	7.5468	00h 18m 14s	+72° 56’ 48”
Star	HIP 1733	8.744	00h 21m 54s	+71° 14’ 39”
Star	HIP 2036	6.9036	00h 25m 51s	+71° 48’ 25”
Star	HIP 3348	7.1464	00h 42m 40s	+71° 21’ 57”
Star	HIP 2628	6.4118	00h 33m 19s	+70° 58’ 54”
Star	HIP 3009	8.3456	00h 38m 17s	+71° 10’ 04”
Star	HIP 1549	7.2168	00h 19m 18s	+73° 07’ 21”
Star	HIP 2932	8.7758	00h 37m 12s	+71° 49’ 17”
Star	HIP 3750	5.7576	00h 48m 08s	+72° 40’ 28”
Star	HIP 2968	6.9736	00h 37m 45s	+72° 53’ 41”
Star	HIP 2838	8.0658	00h 35m 59s	+72° 29’ 55”

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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