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 80539	0	16h 26m 33s	+15° 39’ 51”
Star	HIP 80814	7.4434	16h 30m 10s	+15° 07’ 41”
Star	HIP 80332	8.9444	16h 23m 59s	+12° 51’ 57”
Star	HIP 80798	8.5612	16h 29m 54s	+14° 16’ 09”
Star	HIP 80166	7.2338	16h 21m 54s	+13° 27’ 19”
Star	HIP 80463	4.5782	16h 25m 24s	+14° 02’ 00”
Star	HIP 80713	7.5368	16h 28m 45s	+13° 36’ 44”
Star	HIP 80289	8.82	16h 23m 22s	+13° 16’ 34”
Star	HIP 80205	8.9984	16h 22m 25s	+14° 33’ 49”
Star	HIP 80513	8.4068	16h 26m 09s	+14° 17’ 44”
Star	HIP 80498	8.8558	16h 25m 54s	+13° 49’ 26”
Star	HIP 80532	7.1742	16h 26m 25s	+15° 05’ 39”
Star	HIP 80684	7.223	16h 28m 24s	+15° 25’ 52”
Star	HIP 80260	7.8626	16h 23m 05s	+13° 50’ 23”
Star	HIP 80404	8.4242	16h 24m 41s	+14° 44’ 40”

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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