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 101933	0	20h 39m 22s	+11° 42’ 44”
Star	HIP 101816	7.7484	20h 37m 58s	+13° 05’ 32”
Star	HIP 102147	8.1912	20h 41m 53s	+12° 58’ 50”
Star	HIP 101967	6.9714	20h 39m 52s	+13° 25’ 10”
Star	HIP 102131	7.7072	20h 41m 45s	+12° 31’ 07”
Star	HIP 101597	8.4234	20h 35m 26s	+11° 21’ 22”
Star	HIP 102206	7.479	20h 42m 33s	+12° 43’ 41”
Star	HIP 102188	7.5646	20h 42m 20s	+12° 37’ 58”
Star	HIP 102077	8.5794	20h 41m 12s	+12° 39’ 07”
Star	HIP 101882	5.5442	20h 38m 43s	+13° 18’ 54”
Star	HIP 101483	5.372	20h 33m 56s	+13° 01’ 37”
Star	HIP 101943	7.4024	20h 39m 30s	+13° 20’ 27”
Star	HIP 101389	8.4776	20h 32m 52s	+12° 03’ 26”
Star	HIP 101522	7.7584	20h 34m 26s	+11° 18’ 39”
Star	HIP 101710	7.5268	20h 36m 58s	+12° 02’ 56”
Star	HIP 101848	7.7228	20h 38m 20s	+13° 19’ 52”
Star	HIP 101482	7.8346	20h 33m 57s	+12° 06’ 05”
Star	HIP 101800	5.4192	20h 37m 49s	+11° 22’ 39”
Star	HIP 101554	7.4944	20h 34m 49s	+13° 27’ 52”
Star	HIP 101733	8.863	20h 37m 14s	+13° 17’ 11”
Galaxy	UGC 11599	13.6	20h 36m 33s	+11° 29’ 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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