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 96075	7.0054	19h 32m 01s	+20° 55’ 45”
Star	HIP 96712	8.2302	19h 39m 37s	+20° 46’ 58”
Star	HIP 96458	7.0244	19h 36m 37s	+20° 19’ 58”
Star	HIP 96171	7.2442	19h 33m 17s	+20° 24’ 50”
Star	HIP 96153	7.782	19h 33m 00s	+21° 00’ 10”
Star	HIP 96417	6.3308	19h 36m 08s	+22° 35’ 08”
Star	HIP 96625	7.9096	19h 38m 46s	+21° 54’ 32”
Star	HIP 96122	8.4492	19h 32m 38s	+22° 12’ 34”
Star	HIP 95768	7.6538	19h 28m 40s	+21° 58’ 52”
Star	HIP 96601	6.3904	19h 38m 17s	+20° 47’ 00”
Star	HIP 96373	7.8492	19h 35m 37s	+22° 30’ 06”
Star	HIP 95831	8.5354	19h 29m 29s	+21° 19’ 56”
Star	HIP 96360	8.3	19h 35m 31s	+20° 49’ 19”
Star	HIP 96330	7.401	19h 35m 07s	+22° 09’ 30”
Star	HIP 96369	8.6166	19h 35m 35s	+21° 09’ 51”
Star	HIP 96791	7.6394	19h 40m 32s	+21° 34’ 34”
Star	HIP 96744	8.313	19h 39m 58s	+21° 34’ 05”
Star	HIP 96499	6.8904	19h 37m 06s	+22° 00’ 21”
Star	HIP 95784	8.351	19h 28m 55s	+21° 37’ 27”
Star	HIP 96691	7.3626	19h 39m 26s	+22° 15’ 23”
Star	HIP 96563	7.5064	19h 37m 52s	+22° 47’ 50”
Star	HIP 96456	8.7542	19h 36m 37s	+20° 52’ 53”
Star	HIP 96183	6.807	19h 33m 25s	+21° 50’ 26”
Star	HIP 95923	8.4794	19h 30m 30s	+20° 44’ 57”

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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