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 98206	7.134	19h 57m 19s	+24° 05’ 18”
Star	HIP 98505	7.5956	20h 00m 43s	+22° 42’ 41”
Star	HIP 97968	8.587	19h 54m 38s	+23° 26’ 16”
Star	HIP 98473	8.091	20h 00m 20s	+22° 26’ 24”
Star	HIP 97961	5.5636	19h 54m 31s	+24° 19’ 09”
Star	HIP 98154	6.7588	19h 56m 49s	+23° 46’ 36”
Star	HIP 97883	8.1654	19h 53m 25s	+22° 19’ 00”
Star	HIP 97886	4.6008	19h 53m 27s	+24° 04’ 46”
Star	HIP 98131	6.8086	19h 56m 37s	+23° 53’ 18”
Star	HIP 97729	8.1248	19h 51m 37s	+22° 09’ 22”
Star	HIP 98440	8.8748	20h 00m 06s	+22° 42’ 17”
Star	HIP 97679	4.9106	19h 51m 04s	+22° 36’ 36”
Star	HIP 97979	6.5724	19h 54m 44s	+22° 25’ 45”
Star	HIP 98391	8.9628	19h 59m 26s	+24° 08’ 19”
Star	HIP 98504	7.477	20h 00m 43s	+23° 47’ 55”
Star	HIP 98214	7.4192	19h 57m 29s	+21° 45’ 24”
Star	HIP 98523	7.9614	20h 00m 56s	+22° 50’ 49”
Star	HIP 98295	8.6378	19h 58m 17s	+22° 08’ 17”
Star	HIP 98375	5.6552	19h 59m 10s	+23° 06’ 04”
Star	HIP 97719	7.835	19h 51m 32s	+22° 16’ 51”
Star	HIP 98018	7.96	19h 55m 06s	+21° 30’ 04”
Star	HIP 97973	8.782	19h 54m 40s	+24° 10’ 32”

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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