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 41637	0	08h 29m 26s	+55° 07’ 26”
Star	HIP 41330	8.3494	08h 25m 56s	+55° 23’ 42”
Star	HIP 40878	6.4842	08h 20m 29s	+53° 34’ 27”
Star	HIP 40930	8.7328	08h 21m 10s	+54° 59’ 39”
Star	HIP 41287	8.4574	08h 25m 26s	+55° 46’ 27”
Star	HIP 40086	6.4038	08h 11m 18s	+54° 32’ 25”
Star	HIP 40849	7.0476	08h 20m 07s	+53° 11’ 51”
Star	HIP 41105	7.6728	08h 23m 15s	+54° 36’ 00”
Star	HIP 40536	8.6264	08h 16m 35s	+54° 04’ 20”
Star	HIP 41551	8.4248	08h 28m 21s	+54° 41’ 30”
Star	HIP 40847	8.3874	08h 20m 05s	+55° 12’ 13”
Star	HIP 40230	7.9308	08h 12m 59s	+55° 37’ 31”
Star	HIP 40699	6.5778	08h 18m 28s	+54° 33’ 49”
Star	HIP 41267	7.3064	08h 25m 09s	+53° 55’ 53”
Star	HIP 41429	7.8496	08h 26m 59s	+53° 37’ 45”
Star	HIP 41598	7.0602	08h 28m 51s	+53° 51’ 44”
Star	HIP 40677	6.1052	08h 18m 15s	+54° 08’ 37”
Star	HIP 41264	8.1054	08h 25m 09s	+54° 31’ 35”
Star	HIP 40062	8.0984	08h 11m 01s	+54° 14’ 03”

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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