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 87320	8.419	17h 50m 33s	+35° 23’ 24”
Star	HIP 86859	6.5242	17h 44m 49s	+35° 13’ 03”
Star	HIP 87319	6.8048	17h 50m 31s	+36° 50’ 46”
Star	HIP 87746	7.84	17h 55m 24s	+36° 11’ 20”
Star	HIP 87309	7.99	17h 50m 23s	+35° 26’ 14”
Star	HIP 87110	7.5576	17h 47m 54s	+36° 00’ 05”
Star	HIP 87098	7.9866	17h 47m 45s	+34° 55’ 23”
Star	HIP 86908	7.9978	17h 45m 28s	+35° 53’ 35”
Star	HIP 87586	7.1086	17h 53m 31s	+35° 40’ 20”
Star	HIP 87024	6.3914	17h 46m 53s	+36° 05’ 15”
Star	HIP 87347	8.839	17h 50m 54s	+35° 20’ 36”
Star	HIP 87114	6.3672	17h 47m 56s	+36° 33’ 18”
Star	HIP 87117	7.5508	17h 47m 57s	+36° 07’ 00”
Star	HIP 87204	7.141	17h 48m 58s	+37° 03’ 42”
Galaxy	NGC 6447	13.7	17h 46m 16s	+35° 34’ 15”

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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