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 35291	7.5888	07h 17m 27s	+46° 19’ 26”
Star	HIP 35402	7.5568	07h 18m 37s	+47° 08’ 11”
Star	HIP 35520	8.204	07h 19m 54s	+46° 58’ 21”
Star	HIP 35636	8.7902	07h 21m 14s	+46° 55’ 42”
Star	HIP 35643	5.7152	07h 21m 17s	+45° 13’ 41”
Star	HIP 35684	7.9614	07h 21m 47s	+46° 13’ 31”
Star	HIP 35742	8.784	07h 22m 20s	+45° 40’ 12”
Star	HIP 35780	8.6658	07h 22m 49s	+47° 43’ 06”
Star	HIP 35797	8.9984	07h 23m 02s	+44° 59’ 43”
Star	HIP 35821	0	07h 23m 14s	+46° 05’ 16”
Star	HIP 36029	7.8754	07h 25m 27s	+46° 48’ 37”
Star	HIP 36185	7.662	07h 27m 07s	+47° 38’ 45”
Star	HIP 36199	7.9592	07h 27m 18s	+45° 40’ 53”
Star	HIP 36281	6.8484	07h 28m 08s	+46° 31’ 18”
Star	HIP 36288	7.2204	07h 28m 11s	+45° 59’ 26”
Star	HIP 36294	7.8794	07h 28m 16s	+46° 17’ 10”
Star	HIP 36351	6.2926	07h 28m 52s	+46° 18’ 53”
Star	HIP 36401	7.7634	07h 29m 26s	+47° 17’ 24”
Star	HIP 36490	8.8964	07h 30m 28s	+45° 40’ 13”
Star	HIP 36672	7.5704	07h 32m 39s	+46° 32’ 05”
Galaxy	UGC 3845	13.6	07h 26m 43s	+47° 05’ 39”

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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