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 96718	7.5932	19h 39m 40s	-06° 42’ 30”
Star	HIP 96754	7.4766	19h 40m 05s	-07° 58’ 45”
Star	HIP 96813	6.9292	19h 40m 45s	-07° 30’ 43”
Star	HIP 96883	8.379	19h 41m 37s	-08° 37’ 44”
Star	HIP 96917	6.172	19h 42m 02s	-09° 11’ 36”
Star	HIP 96980	8.187	19h 42m 46s	-06° 28’ 25”
Star	HIP 97016	7.0344	19h 43m 03s	-08° 18’ 26”
Star	HIP 97022	7.4782	19h 43m 06s	-08° 19’ 46”
Star	HIP 97065	8.5008	19h 43m 34s	-09° 04’ 02”
Star	HIP 97173	8.2628	19h 45m 02s	-08° 38’ 08”
Star	HIP 97216	7.4438	19h 45m 28s	-07° 01’ 09”
Star	HIP 97256	8.572	19h 45m 57s	-07° 35’ 13”
Star	HIP 97350	7.9488	19h 47m 08s	-08° 09’ 09”
Galaxy	NGC 6821	13.6	19h 44m 23s	-06° 50’ 02”

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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