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 19764	8.3126	04h 14m 15s	+66° 32’ 52”
Star	HIP 18764	8.7576	04h 01m 09s	+67° 02’ 46”
Star	HIP 20221	8.2202	04h 19m 59s	+67° 52’ 49”
Star	HIP 20119	7.7076	04h 18m 50s	+65° 15’ 06”
Star	HIP 20266	5.1826	04h 20m 40s	+65° 08’ 25”
Star	HIP 19259	8.9486	04h 07m 41s	+65° 51’ 06”
Star	HIP 20399	7.4122	04h 22m 03s	+67° 43’ 35”
Star	HIP 20037	6.8954	04h 17m 50s	+67° 05’ 19”
Star	HIP 20702	8.2494	04h 26m 05s	+66° 57’ 41”
Star	HIP 19177	6.1276	04h 06m 38s	+65° 31’ 15”
Star	HIP 19473	7.599	04h 10m 13s	+66° 50’ 48”
Star	HIP 20840	8.5978	04h 27m 58s	+67° 08’ 57”
Star	HIP 19710	7.7558	04h 13m 23s	+65° 56’ 07”

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.

Close