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 100291	0	20h 20m 29s	+06° 47’ 19”
Star	HIP 100700	8.7144	20h 24m 56s	+07° 03’ 34”
Star	HIP 100421	8.2668	20h 21m 48s	+08° 31’ 10”
Star	HIP 100431	7.3402	20h 21m 57s	+07° 10’ 17”
Star	HIP 99743	8.4452	20h 14m 16s	+07° 26’ 40”
Star	HIP 100712	7.7398	20h 25m 04s	+07° 28’ 23”
Star	HIP 100509	8.1006	20h 22m 51s	+07° 54’ 53”
Star	HIP 99860	7.3058	20h 15m 37s	+07° 48’ 32”
Star	HIP 99983	7.277	20h 17m 00s	+07° 04’ 18”
Star	HIP 100281	7.1028	20h 20m 25s	+07° 36’ 53”
Star	HIP 100581	7.5736	20h 23m 48s	+06° 37’ 22”
Star	HIP 100480	7.9854	20h 22m 34s	+07° 45’ 21”
Star	HIP 100733	7.9058	20h 25m 24s	+07° 52’ 30”
Star	HIP 100032	8.6372	20h 17m 43s	+07° 54’ 03”
Star	HIP 99740	8.6214	20h 14m 15s	+08° 03’ 16”
Galaxy	NGC 6906	13.2	20h 23m 34s	+06° 26’ 38”

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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