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 26416	8.2534	05h 37m 19s	-16° 42’ 00”
Star	HIP 26073	8.034	05h 33m 39s	-17° 47’ 09”
Star	HIP 26119	7.7564	05h 34m 13s	-18° 20’ 18”
Star	HIP 25670	8.215	05h 28m 59s	-17° 25’ 44”
Star	HIP 26004	8.0464	05h 33m 00s	-17° 15’ 29”
Star	HIP 25981	6.5306	05h 32m 41s	-16° 19’ 09”
Star	HIP 25922	6.9192	05h 31m 55s	-16° 40’ 33”
Star	HIP 26591	8.1572	05h 39m 08s	-17° 49’ 52”
Star	HIP 26029	8.8012	05h 33m 13s	-18° 33’ 41”
Star	HIP 26602	6.3998	05h 39m 16s	-17° 50’ 57”
Star	HIP 26605	7.5742	05h 39m 16s	-17° 49’ 42”
Star	HIP 26534	7.5394	05h 38m 37s	-16° 55’ 08”
Star	HIP 25688	7.7984	05h 29m 08s	-17° 19’ 15”
Star	HIP 26303	8.572	05h 36m 05s	-16° 51’ 45”
Star	HIP 26078	8.1162	05h 33m 43s	-18° 40’ 41”
Star	HIP 26552	7.9772	05h 38m 46s	-17° 04’ 14”
Star	HIP 25985	2.5732	05h 32m 43s	-17° 49’ 20”
Galaxy	NGC 1993	13.4	05h 35m 25s	-17° 48’ 56”

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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