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 15638	0	03h 21m 20s	+79° 57’ 59”
Star	HIP 18548	0	03h 58m 05s	+81° 14’ 22”
Star	HIP 18209	7.8892	03h 53m 37s	+81° 32’ 54”
Star	HIP 15463	8.0942	03h 19m 24s	+80° 20’ 02”
Star	HIP 17881	7.0426	03h 49m 30s	+80° 19’ 20”
Star	HIP 15187	6.5932	03h 15m 45s	+80° 07’ 49”
Star	HIP 18954	7.1086	04h 03m 44s	+81° 52’ 30”
Star	HIP 18940	7.598	04h 03m 34s	+81° 13’ 35”
Star	HIP 17169	8.5584	03h 40m 39s	+80° 28’ 32”
Star	HIP 14844	5.8958	03h 11m 42s	+81° 28’ 14”
Star	HIP 18936	7.619	04h 03m 31s	+81° 34’ 36”
Star	HIP 15792	6.8906	03h 23m 30s	+82° 08’ 59”
Star	HIP 19265	7.9566	04h 07m 45s	+80° 58’ 35”
Star	HIP 13859	7.783	02h 58m 26s	+81° 03’ 35”
Galaxy	NGC 1184	13.4	03h 16m 44s	+80° 47’ 36”

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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