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 104389	7.039	21h 08m 51s	+01° 47’ 15”
Star	HIP 104450	8.2176	21h 09m 30s	+01° 34’ 06”
Star	HIP 104481	6.4198	21h 09m 58s	+02° 56’ 36”
Star	HIP 104489	8.5972	21h 10m 00s	+01° 47’ 54”
Star	HIP 104535	0	21h 10m 30s	+03° 07’ 12”
Star	HIP 104577	7.4554	21h 11m 03s	+03° 55’ 10”
Star	HIP 104668	7.6074	21h 12m 04s	+01° 38’ 01”
Star	HIP 104698	8.4532	21h 12m 29s	+02° 21’ 15”
Star	HIP 104717	6.9658	21h 12m 45s	+02° 38’ 34”
Star	HIP 104735	7.7244	21h 12m 59s	+02° 48’ 09”
Star	HIP 104876	8.8138	21h 14m 40s	+01° 44’ 49”
Star	HIP 104996	8.836	21h 15m 55s	+03° 41’ 47”
Galaxy	NGC 7046	13.9	21h 14m 55s	+02° 50’ 08”

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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