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 30881	7.7654	06h 28m 56s	-11° 15’ 46”
Star	HIP 30656	8.5424	06h 26m 29s	-09° 19’ 57”
Star	HIP 30986	5.7802	06h 30m 11s	-10° 04’ 53”
Star	HIP 30553	7.1458	06h 25m 21s	-09° 05’ 28”
Star	HIP 30805	8.2738	06h 28m 20s	-09° 49’ 27”
Star	HIP 30407	5.9866	06h 23m 35s	-09° 52’ 29”
Star	HIP 30634	7.9994	06h 26m 18s	-10° 02’ 28”
Star	HIP 30543	7.4582	06h 25m 14s	-10° 55’ 54”
Star	HIP 31042	8.795	06h 30m 49s	-09° 39’ 14”
Star	HIP 30980	7.9194	06h 30m 07s	-10° 44’ 52”
Star	HIP 30931	7.462	06h 29m 28s	-11° 27’ 50”
Star	HIP 30441	7.3682	06h 23m 58s	-09° 04’ 07”

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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