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 97764	0	19h 52m 01s	+29° 23’ 50”
Star	HIP 97374	9	19h 47m 27s	+29° 26’ 57”
Star	HIP 97681	7.7538	19h 51m 04s	+27° 43’ 00”
Star	HIP 97769	8.1406	19h 52m 04s	+28° 06’ 02”
Star	HIP 97472	7.0048	19h 48m 41s	+29° 24’ 08”
Star	HIP 97509	6.9148	19h 49m 08s	+27° 43’ 55”
Star	HIP 96966	8.2074	19h 42m 36s	+28° 20’ 53”
Star	HIP 97150	6.9122	19h 44m 48s	+29° 15’ 52”
Star	HIP 97235	7.4498	19h 45m 42s	+30° 15’ 25”
Star	HIP 97327	8.8786	19h 46m 48s	+29° 42’ 54”
Star	HIP 96988	6.5052	19h 42m 49s	+29° 19’ 53”
Star	HIP 97426	7.5772	19h 48m 04s	+27° 42’ 10”
Star	HIP 97833	7.3444	19h 52m 50s	+28° 59’ 33”
Star	HIP 96868	8.6994	19h 41m 24s	+28° 52’ 36”
Star	HIP 97329	8.1872	19h 46m 51s	+29° 32’ 06”
Star	HIP 97867	6.8732	19h 53m 15s	+28° 05’ 58”
Star	HIP 96929	7.5228	19h 42m 12s	+29° 29’ 50”
Star	HIP 97537	7.9256	19h 49m 26s	+28° 36’ 36”
Star	HIP 96862	8.5012	19h 41m 19s	+29° 08’ 40”
Star	HIP 97377	8.0784	19h 47m 27s	+28° 29’ 08”
Star	HIP 97257	8.7692	19h 45m 58s	+28° 19’ 41”
Star	HIP 97012	8.4838	19h 43m 02s	+27° 56’ 36”
Star	HIP 97603	8.3418	19h 50m 16s	+30° 01’ 05”
Star	HIP 97169	8.831	19h 44m 59s	+29° 45’ 43”
Star	HIP 97572	6.4516	19h 49m 54s	+28° 26’ 22”
Star	HIP 97528	7.4012	19h 49m 19s	+28° 34’ 44”
Star	HIP 97543	8.0346	19h 49m 31s	+29° 22’ 29”
Star	HIP 97924	8.3496	19h 54m 02s	+28° 23’ 15”
Star	HIP 97420	6.8304	19h 48m 00s	+27° 52’ 08”
Star	HIP 97788	6.6684	19h 52m 15s	+28° 15’ 07”
Star	HIP 97501	8.2364	19h 49m 02s	+29° 52’ 58”
Star	HIP 96922	8.9418	19h 42m 07s	+28° 59’ 45”
Star	HIP 97102	8.4816	19h 44m 03s	+27° 43’ 14”

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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