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 77244	7.8868	15h 46m 22s	+13° 43’ 14”
Star	HIP 77041	7.9806	15h 43m 54s	+12° 49’ 06”
Star	HIP 77455	6.7964	15h 48m 50s	+12° 43’ 25”
Star	HIP 77506	6.5948	15h 49m 33s	+12° 33’ 31”
Star	HIP 76866	5.3228	15h 41m 47s	+12° 50’ 51”
Star	HIP 76733	6.1284	15h 40m 10s	+12° 03’ 10”
Star	HIP 77001	6.7642	15h 43m 22s	+11° 42’ 39”
Star	HIP 77103	7.3578	15h 44m 36s	+11° 25’ 19”
Star	HIP 77416	8.3456	15h 48m 18s	+13° 10’ 01”
Star	HIP 77214	8.4272	15h 45m 54s	+12° 33’ 29”
Star	HIP 77412	5.8564	15h 48m 13s	+13° 47’ 21”
Star	HIP 76985	6.4482	15h 43m 10s	+13° 40’ 03”
Star	HIP 76612	7.4362	15h 38m 44s	+12° 15’ 11”
Star	HIP 77314	7.6686	15h 47m 04s	+11° 31’ 40”
Galaxy	NGC 5984	13.3	15h 42m 53s	+14° 13’ 55”

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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