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 20476	7.0722	04h 23m 19s	-07° 42’ 16”
Star	HIP 20598	7.9658	04h 24m 42s	-08° 45’ 10”
Star	HIP 20742	7.401	04h 26m 41s	-06° 24’ 14”
Star	HIP 20747	7.3118	04h 26m 46s	-06° 52’ 56”
Star	HIP 20787	8.5728	04h 27m 08s	-08° 53’ 54”
Star	HIP 20797	8.9064	04h 27m 23s	-08° 23’ 34”
Star	HIP 20809	8.1496	04h 27m 31s	-08° 11’ 29”
Star	HIP 20874	8.6624	04h 28m 23s	-06° 55’ 25”
Star	HIP 20882	7.9728	04h 28m 31s	-07° 33’ 09”
Star	HIP 21050	8.4968	04h 30m 45s	-07° 14’ 27”
Star	HIP 21245	8.0456	04h 33m 28s	-07° 50’ 19”
Star	HIP 21249	6.4826	04h 33m 31s	-06° 59’ 17”
Star	HIP 21258	6.6326	04h 33m 38s	-08° 15’ 20”

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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