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 94969	6.926	19h 19m 31s	+22° 34’ 14”
Star	HIP 95197	7.509	19h 21m 57s	+22° 30’ 23”
Star	HIP 95395	8.7212	19h 24m 20s	+22° 57’ 53”
Star	HIP 95434	8.0506	19h 24m 44s	+23° 36’ 56”
Star	HIP 95058	8.7486	19h 20m 28s	+21° 47’ 18”
Star	HIP 95612	7.2746	19h 26m 48s	+21° 09’ 46”
Star	HIP 95775	8.0584	19h 28m 46s	+22° 33’ 36”
Star	HIP 95109	6.5644	19h 20m 54s	+22° 11’ 55”
Star	HIP 95213	7.8108	19h 22m 12s	+22° 32’ 10”
Star	HIP 95705	8.6256	19h 28m 00s	+21° 45’ 14”
Star	HIP 95414	8.3452	19h 24m 33s	+21° 30’ 57”
Star	HIP 94822	6.8356	19h 17m 39s	+22° 26’ 28”
Star	HIP 95768	7.6538	19h 28m 40s	+21° 58’ 52”
Star	HIP 95462	8.7274	19h 25m 08s	+22° 12’ 56”
Star	HIP 94947	7.6228	19h 19m 16s	+23° 18’ 14”
Star	HIP 95428	7.7342	19h 24m 41s	+22° 12’ 06”
Star	HIP 95209	8.4972	19h 22m 06s	+23° 28’ 11”
Star	HIP 95229	8.0754	19h 22m 30s	+22° 11’ 17”
Star	HIP 94812	6.874	19h 17m 31s	+21° 48’ 49”
Star	HIP 95131	7.4218	19h 21m 17s	+20° 57’ 46”
Star	HIP 94787	7.9002	19h 17m 11s	+22° 25’ 33”
Star	HIP 95624	7.1602	19h 26m 58s	+21° 06’ 22”
Star	HIP 95784	8.351	19h 28m 55s	+21° 37’ 27”
Star	HIP 95608	7.431	19h 26m 44s	+21° 39’ 11”
Star	HIP 95558	8.6502	19h 26m 11s	+22° 45’ 26”
Star	HIP 95095	7.7002	19h 20m 47s	+21° 48’ 41”

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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