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 23923	0	05h 08m 29s	-41° 12’ 53”
Star	HIP 23921	8.0416	05h 08m 26s	-40° 54’ 44”
Star	HIP 23281	7.792	05h 00m 32s	-39° 41’ 10”
Star	HIP 23690	8.8622	05h 05m 29s	-42° 07’ 27”
Star	HIP 24038	6.727	05h 10m 02s	-40° 33’ 34”
Star	HIP 23926	6.6868	05h 08m 29s	-41° 12’ 51”
Star	HIP 23275	8.9222	05h 00m 26s	-40° 05’ 33”
Star	HIP 22859	8.171	04h 55m 04s	-41° 03’ 51”
Star	HIP 23780	8.4466	05h 06m 37s	-41° 46’ 07”
Star	HIP 23377	5.9364	05h 01m 34s	-39° 43’ 05”
Star	HIP 23639	7.6306	05h 04m 53s	-39° 33’ 38”
Star	HIP 23244	7.9866	05h 00m 07s	-41° 02’ 52”
Star	HIP 23555	6.2792	05h 03m 53s	-41° 44’ 43”
Star	HIP 23731	8.883	05h 06m 07s	-41° 26’ 29”
Star	HIP 22882	8.2932	04h 55m 19s	-40° 48’ 58”
Star	HIP 23120	8.5666	04h 58m 31s	-40° 54’ 25”
Star	HIP 23488	7.8312	05h 02m 57s	-41° 36’ 27”
Star	HIP 23644	8.4896	05h 04m 54s	-40° 34’ 14”
Star	HIP 23321	7.6172	05h 00m 56s	-42° 00’ 10”
Star	HIP 23553	8.314	05h 03m 52s	-40° 36’ 27”

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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