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 41189	8.6926	08h 24m 19s	+13° 30’ 22”
Star	HIP 41348	8.71	08h 26m 09s	+13° 33’ 06”
Star	HIP 41400	5.4288	08h 26m 43s	+12° 39’ 17”
Star	HIP 41421	8.4244	08h 26m 54s	+14° 49’ 24”
Star	HIP 41474	8.2658	08h 27m 33s	+12° 46’ 39”
Star	HIP 41506	8.483	08h 27m 55s	+15° 05’ 56”
Star	HIP 41578	5.9422	08h 28m 37s	+14° 12’ 39”
Star	HIP 41635	7.755	08h 29m 23s	+13° 08’ 15”
Star	HIP 41749	8.406	08h 30m 48s	+14° 25’ 51”
Star	HIP 41936	0	08h 32m 55s	+13° 11’ 28”
Star	HIP 41997	7.7428	08h 33m 36s	+13° 33’ 02”

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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