C/2016 M1 (PANSTARRS) live position and data

This page shows Comet C/2016 M1 (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 M1 (PANSTARRS) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 28133	8.8766	05h 56m 47s	-11° 45’ 44”
Star	HIP 27938	5.4706	05h 54m 43s	-11° 46’ 27”
Star	HIP 28278	7.5518	05h 58m 30s	-10° 50’ 23”
Star	HIP 27704	8.6544	05h 51m 59s	-11° 21’ 20”
Star	HIP 28009	8.8668	05h 55m 29s	-09° 52’ 06”
Star	HIP 28119	8.2528	05h 56m 34s	-10° 38’ 55”
Star	HIP 27837	8.7456	05h 53m 25s	-10° 40’ 42”
Star	HIP 27986	7.309	05h 55m 07s	-09° 48’ 36”
Star	HIP 27709	7.3598	05h 52m 01s	-09° 48’ 47”
Star	HIP 28265	7.9468	05h 58m 20s	-10° 52’ 29”
Star	HIP 27690	7.6846	05h 51m 45s	-10° 26’ 13”
Star	HIP 27657	7.2516	05h 51m 21s	-11° 38’ 46”
Galaxy	PGC 17965	12.9	05h 50m 15s	-10° 18’ 11”
Galaxy	PGC 18010	13.9	05h 51m 32s	-11° 19’ 18”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet C/2016 M1 (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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