C/2016 Q2 (PANSTARRS) live position and data

This page shows Comet C/2016 Q2 (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 Q2 (PANSTARRS) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 89765	8.5854	18h 19m 04s	+37° 39’ 30”
Star	HIP 89308	8.5782	18h 13m 23s	+36° 09’ 09”
Star	HIP 89419	8.8536	18h 14m 55s	+36° 40’ 13”
Star	HIP 88953	8.3866	18h 09m 26s	+36° 31’ 07”
Star	HIP 89159	8.322	18h 11m 46s	+37° 53’ 14”
Star	HIP 89221	8.1406	18h 12m 26s	+37° 39’ 33”
Star	HIP 89668	8.5618	18h 17m 53s	+37° 58’ 48”
Star	HIP 89794	8.909	18h 19m 30s	+35° 44’ 08”
Star	HIP 90024	7.5546	18h 22m 08s	+36° 18’ 06”
Star	HIP 89008	5.4756	18h 09m 58s	+36° 27’ 58”
Star	HIP 89826	4.1998	18h 19m 51s	+36° 03’ 52”
Star	HIP 90044	7.8654	18h 22m 24s	+36° 54’ 03”
Star	HIP 89418	8.0994	18h 14m 51s	+36° 22’ 45”
Star	HIP 89574	7.9146	18h 16m 42s	+37° 01’ 36”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet C/2016 Q2 (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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