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 89482	5.5752	18h 15m 38s	+42° 09’ 33”
Star	HIP 90177	8.3642	18h 24m 06s	+42° 06’ 26”
Star	HIP 89654	7.311	18h 17m 48s	+40° 18’ 12”
Star	HIP 89603	8.1974	18h 17m 06s	+40° 15’ 21”
Star	HIP 90007	7.3228	18h 21m 52s	+41° 12’ 48”
Star	HIP 90040	7.8556	18h 22m 23s	+40° 22’ 31”
Star	HIP 90301	8.6876	18h 25m 30s	+41° 18’ 49”
Star	HIP 89240	8.1972	18h 12m 38s	+41° 23’ 07”
Star	HIP 89261	8.4652	18h 12m 55s	+40° 54’ 02”
Star	HIP 89820	7.4486	18h 19m 49s	+42° 00’ 06”
Star	HIP 89719	8.5992	18h 18m 35s	+42° 33’ 52”
Star	HIP 89891	8.27	18h 20m 30s	+39° 52’ 40”
Star	HIP 89282	7.3294	18h 13m 07s	+41° 28’ 32”
Star	HIP 89246	6.245	18h 12m 42s	+41° 08’ 49”
Star	HIP 90010	7.728	18h 21m 59s	+42° 17’ 21”
Star	HIP 89764	8.1418	18h 19m 04s	+40° 55’ 38”
Star	HIP 89604	6.0384	18h 17m 06s	+40° 56’ 11”

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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