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 3267	6.8902	00h 41m 34s	+65° 52’ 06”
Star	HIP 2371	7.2582	00h 30m 16s	+64° 44’ 56”
Star	HIP 3755	6.822	00h 48m 11s	+65° 07’ 10”
Star	HIP 3887	8.4994	00h 49m 53s	+64° 38’ 16”
Star	HIP 3873	8.0842	00h 49m 42s	+65° 04’ 58”
Star	HIP 3818	8.7874	00h 49m 02s	+65° 33’ 01”
Star	HIP 3562	8.5056	00h 45m 32s	+65° 05’ 35”
Star	HIP 3367	7.2358	00h 42m 50s	+64° 17’ 28”
Star	HIP 1988	8.1626	00h 25m 10s	+64° 38’ 19”
Star	HIP 2378	8.1718	00h 30m 20s	+64° 47’ 24”
Star	HIP 3299	5.7204	00h 42m 03s	+66° 08’ 51”
Star	HIP 2390	8.2846	00h 30m 28s	+65° 16’ 19”
Star	HIP 2163	8.166	00h 27m 16s	+65° 40’ 48”
Star	HIP 2423	8.08	00h 30m 54s	+64° 03’ 51”
Star	HIP 2037	7.4196	00h 25m 52s	+65° 23’ 00”

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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