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 80555	7.2922	16h 26m 49s	+16° 10’ 18”
Star	HIP 81068	8.1818	16h 33m 30s	+17° 49’ 43”
Star	HIP 81230	7.2538	16h 35m 26s	+17° 06’ 02”
Star	HIP 80465	7.923	16h 25m 26s	+17° 18’ 11”
Star	HIP 80994	7.4832	16h 32m 29s	+16° 50’ 51”
Star	HIP 81285	7.808	16h 36m 07s	+17° 28’ 18”
Star	HIP 81231	6.4074	16h 35m 26s	+17° 03’ 26”
Star	HIP 80912	7.4416	16h 31m 23s	+16° 25’ 11”
Star	HIP 81271	8.1768	16h 35m 56s	+16° 32’ 23”
Star	HIP 80915	8.1732	16h 31m 24s	+17° 29’ 59”
Star	HIP 80725	6.8072	16h 28m 52s	+18° 24’ 47”
Star	HIP 80855	7.9026	16h 30m 41s	+18° 38’ 02”

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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