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 35942	8.0802	07h 24m 33s	+70° 41’ 11”
Star	HIP 35681	8.357	07h 21m 44s	+69° 40’ 14”
Star	HIP 35505	8.242	07h 19m 39s	+72° 23’ 40”
Star	HIP 36600	8.1756	07h 31m 38s	+71° 49’ 15”
Star	HIP 33827	5.542	07h 01m 21s	+70° 48’ 30”
Star	HIP 34171	8.8146	07h 05m 11s	+71° 27’ 32”
Star	HIP 34169	8.912	07h 05m 08s	+70° 38’ 42”
Star	HIP 36645	7.0848	07h 32m 11s	+71° 21’ 49”
Star	HIP 36811	7.595	07h 34m 14s	+71° 35’ 24”
Star	HIP 35925	8.7026	07h 24m 20s	+69° 56’ 49”
Star	HIP 35368	8.5838	07h 18m 20s	+70° 55’ 09”
Star	HIP 34513	6.8756	07h 09m 05s	+71° 57’ 33”
Star	HIP 34238	6.3298	07h 05m 51s	+70° 43’ 54”
Star	HIP 34024	7.111	07h 03m 33s	+71° 45’ 28”
Star	HIP 35134	7.8432	07h 15m 47s	+70° 30’ 22”
Star	HIP 34956	6.2542	07h 13m 57s	+71° 48’ 59”
Galaxy	UGC 3804	13.1	07h 22m 35s	+71° 35’ 53”
Galaxy	UGC 3714	12.7	07h 12m 33s	+71° 44’ 56”
Galaxy	UGC 3697	13.3	07h 11m 21s	+71° 50’ 05”

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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