C/2016 R2 (PANSTARRS) live position and data

This page shows Comet C/2016 R2 (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 R2 (PANSTARRS) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 24261	0	05h 12m 27s	-03° 02’ 13”
Star	HIP 24345	7.6522	05h 13m 28s	-04° 39’ 10”
Star	HIP 24367	7.0988	05h 13m 39s	-03° 37’ 19”
Star	HIP 24371	8.1136	05h 13m 45s	-02° 46’ 54”
Star	HIP 24503	7.6502	05h 15m 23s	-03° 21’ 57”
Star	HIP 24567	7.792	05h 16m 14s	-03° 28’ 59”
Star	HIP 24596	8.9002	05h 16m 34s	-05° 03’ 41”
Star	HIP 24616	8.2388	05h 16m 47s	-05° 09’ 05”
Star	HIP 24747	8.7096	05h 18m 24s	-02° 32’ 07”
Star	HIP 24809	8.7502	05h 19m 07s	-04° 57’ 34”
Star	HIP 24819	7.7322	05h 19m 12s	-03° 04’ 26”
Star	HIP 24838	8.303	05h 19m 31s	-04° 20’ 28”
Star	HIP 24857	7.3412	05h 19m 42s	-04° 52’ 38”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet C/2016 R2 (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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