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 99165	0	20h 07m 56s	+07° 26’ 31”
Star	HIP 99343	0	20h 09m 48s	+06° 32’ 07”
Star	HIP 99483	0	20h 11m 24s	+05° 36’ 19”
Star	HIP 99547	0	20h 12m 06s	+07° 47’ 08”
Star	HIP 99549	0	20h 12m 07s	+06° 19’ 45”
Star	HIP 99729	7.626	20h 14m 09s	+06° 35’ 20”
Star	HIP 98840	8.9954	20h 04m 19s	+06° 43’ 57”
Star	HIP 99113	8.5658	20h 07m 18s	+06° 48’ 35”
Star	HIP 99488	7.2514	20h 11m 26s	+06° 04’ 18”
Star	HIP 99054	7.5494	20h 06m 38s	+07° 33’ 29”
Star	HIP 98823	5.4068	20h 04m 08s	+07° 16’ 40”
Star	HIP 99055	7.1084	20h 06m 38s	+07° 34’ 34”
Star	HIP 99727	7.9532	20h 14m 09s	+06° 34’ 38”
Star	HIP 99533	7.0906	20h 12m 01s	+07° 41’ 04”
Star	HIP 99392	7.8526	20h 10m 25s	+05° 35’ 02”
Star	HIP 98965	8.5624	20h 05m 33s	+07° 23’ 10”
Star	HIP 99456	7.3862	20h 11m 09s	+06° 20’ 54”
Galaxy	UGC 11511	13.6	20h 04m 14s	+07° 24’ 33”

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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