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 23484	6.1528	05h 02m 50s	+66° 49’ 25”
Star	HIP 22765	7.007	04h 53m 50s	+68° 13’ 08”
Star	HIP 22896	7.6672	04h 55m 28s	+67° 32’ 51”
Star	HIP 22552	6.3234	04h 51m 13s	+68° 10’ 07”
Star	HIP 23066	7.2664	04h 57m 47s	+67° 46’ 34”
Star	HIP 22312	6.9688	04h 48m 19s	+67° 45’ 48”
Star	HIP 21664	7.7774	04h 39m 04s	+67° 12’ 03”
Star	HIP 22783	4.3018	04h 54m 03s	+66° 20’ 33”
Star	HIP 22489	8.8704	04h 50m 16s	+66° 57’ 21”
Star	HIP 21720	8.8886	04h 39m 47s	+66° 52’ 05”
Star	HIP 22465	7.3454	04h 50m 05s	+66° 32’ 07”
Star	HIP 21877	7.8384	04h 42m 11s	+67° 17’ 36”
Star	HIP 23754	8.6732	05h 06m 22s	+68° 16’ 06”
Star	HIP 22707	8.9794	04h 52m 58s	+68° 12’ 56”
Star	HIP 21995	7.8548	04h 43m 40s	+68° 08’ 58”
Star	HIP 21530	7.3946	04h 37m 23s	+68° 16’ 56”
Star	HIP 22768	7.5744	04h 53m 51s	+67° 29’ 15”
Star	HIP 21921	8.236	04h 42m 49s	+66° 44’ 08”
Star	HIP 22615	8.0116	04h 51m 56s	+66° 29’ 46”
Star	HIP 23124	8.1018	04h 58m 33s	+67° 25’ 13”
Galaxy	IC 396	13.1	04h 57m 58s	+68° 19’ 17”
Galaxy	UGC 3235	13.7	05h 05m 36s	+67° 01’ 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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