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 43412	7.9858	08h 50m 33s	+17° 01’ 55”
Star	HIP 43421	6.6282	08h 50m 40s	+18° 00’ 12”
Star	HIP 43510	0	08h 51m 44s	+18° 07’ 30”
Star	HIP 43613	7.7194	08h 52m 58s	+16° 21’ 25”
Star	HIP 43635	6.8326	08h 53m 12s	+17° 22’ 07”
Star	HIP 43672	7.2318	08h 53m 50s	+17° 32’ 42”
Star	HIP 43742	8.6498	08h 54m 33s	+15° 40’ 55”
Star	HIP 43751	8.6134	08h 54m 41s	+16° 36’ 40”
Star	HIP 43811	5.8624	08h 55m 22s	+17° 13’ 52”
Star	HIP 43846	8.341	08h 55m 50s	+17° 39’ 54”
Star	HIP 43858	7.9092	08h 56m 04s	+15° 43’ 26”
Star	HIP 43915	7.5384	08h 56m 45s	+17° 28’ 53”
Star	HIP 43957	6.0558	08h 57m 08s	+17° 08’ 37”
Star	HIP 43975	8.0902	08h 57m 18s	+16° 16’ 57”
Star	HIP 44000	7.8276	08h 57m 34s	+16° 14’ 01”
Star	HIP 44056	6.5564	08h 58m 18s	+18° 18’ 29”
Star	HIP 44125	8.6576	08h 59m 10s	+18° 03’ 36”
Star	HIP 44126	6.2096	08h 59m 10s	+18° 08’ 06”
Star	HIP 44141	8.8806	08h 59m 24s	+16° 39’ 53”

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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