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 14325	8.7358	03h 04m 46s	-67° 52’ 10”
Star	HIP 15507	8.9394	03h 19m 49s	-67° 09’ 32”
Star	HIP 15068	8.6012	03h 14m 11s	-66° 39’ 17”
Star	HIP 16730	8.5832	03h 35m 14s	-67° 51’ 46”
Star	HIP 15353	6.0094	03h 17m 58s	-66° 55’ 36”
Star	HIP 16540	7.4528	03h 32m 59s	-67° 25’ 09”
Star	HIP 15681	8.348	03h 22m 01s	-68° 28’ 30”
Star	HIP 15614	7.0006	03h 21m 02s	-68° 32’ 00”
Star	HIP 16022	8.8624	03h 26m 18s	-67° 36’ 58”
Star	HIP 15910	8.4364	03h 24m 52s	-68° 20’ 04”
Star	HIP 14513	8.2136	03h 07m 25s	-68° 27’ 08”
Star	HIP 15331	7.9928	03h 17m 44s	-68° 09’ 35”
Star	HIP 14745	7.9464	03h 10m 25s	-67° 30’ 22”
Star	HIP 16330	8.7404	03h 30m 30s	-68° 11’ 53”
Galaxy	NGC 1313	9.8	03h 18m 15s	-66° 29’ 51”
Galaxy	NGC 1246	13.9	03h 07m 01s	-66° 56’ 13”

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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