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 101369	0	20h 32m 43s	+19° 31’ 38”
Star	HIP 101188	8.732	20h 30m 35s	+18° 32’ 59”
Star	HIP 101512	7.1852	20h 34m 16s	+19° 31’ 50”
Star	HIP 100906	7.8996	20h 27m 34s	+19° 37’ 05”
Star	HIP 100779	6.3422	20h 26m 01s	+19° 51’ 55”
Star	HIP 101143	7.3352	20h 30m 07s	+19° 25’ 48”
Star	HIP 101154	6.838	20h 30m 14s	+19° 25’ 15”
Star	HIP 101316	6.988	20h 32m 07s	+18° 37’ 39”
Star	HIP 101070	6.5414	20h 29m 21s	+20° 05’ 15”
Star	HIP 101139	6.8806	20h 30m 04s	+19° 40’ 03”
Star	HIP 100694	8.4194	20h 24m 50s	+18° 57’ 41”
Star	HIP 100638	7.8348	20h 24m 22s	+19° 34’ 29”
Star	HIP 100673	7.9974	20h 24m 42s	+19° 17’ 43”
Star	HIP 100971	6.8846	20h 28m 20s	+20° 06’ 46”
Star	HIP 101499	7.5948	20h 34m 07s	+19° 57’ 03”
Star	HIP 101391	8.0484	20h 32m 53s	+20° 17’ 16”
Star	HIP 100954	7.895	20h 28m 07s	+19° 45’ 46”
Star	HIP 101490	6.8672	20h 34m 01s	+18° 11’ 07”
Star	HIP 100970	6.8504	20h 28m 18s	+18° 46’ 10”
Star	HIP 100976	7.8936	20h 28m 23s	+20° 30’ 44”

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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