Object: P/2016 J3 (STEREO) (open sky map)

RA 01h 55m 29s Dec +37° 38’ 24” Appar J2000

Mag: 23.71 (Estimated: JPL) Const: Andromeda

Sun Dist: 215699352.78134 km [ km/s]
Earth Dist: 208792836.24481 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 28 Sep 2025 08:21 UTC []

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P/2016 J3 (STEREO) Live Position Tracker

This page shows Comet P/2016 J3 (STEREO) 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 in the background 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 P/2016 J3 (STEREO) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 9126	8.4516	01h 57m 39s	+36° 46’ 13”
Star	HIP 8805	6.949	01h 53m 10s	+37° 19’ 16”
Star	HIP 8618	7.1916	01h 51m 09s	+38° 01’ 26”
Star	HIP 8423	5.8466	01h 48m 38s	+37° 57’ 10”
Star	HIP 9125	8.893	01h 57m 38s	+37° 46’ 12”
Star	HIP 9021	5.585	01h 56m 09s	+37° 15’ 06”
Star	HIP 9239	7.2894	01h 58m 46s	+36° 36’ 10”
Star	HIP 8575	8.4438	01h 50m 35s	+37° 48’ 36”
Star	HIP 9001	5.7326	01h 55m 54s	+37° 16’ 40”
Star	HIP 8540	8.6062	01h 50m 05s	+38° 33’ 39”
Star	HIP 8567	7.5462	01h 50m 29s	+38° 18’ 11”
Star	HIP 8628	7.9036	01h 51m 17s	+38° 50’ 08”
Star	HIP 8930	6.1616	01h 54m 57s	+37° 07’ 42”
Star	HIP 9342	8.2554	01h 59m 57s	+36° 43’ 50”
Star	HIP 8921	8.4302	01h 54m 53s	+38° 17’ 07”
Star	HIP 8606	7.6088	01h 51m 01s	+37° 33’ 15”
Star	HIP 9245	8.9322	01h 58m 52s	+37° 48’ 57”
Star	HIP 8734	6.8672	01h 52m 22s	+37° 25’ 48”
Star	HIP 8906	8.753	01h 54m 39s	+38° 11’ 45”
Galaxy	UGC 1308	14.0	01h 50m 51s	+36° 16’ 31”
Galaxy	UGC 1344	13.6	01h 52m 34s	+36° 30’ 03”
Galaxy	UGC 1347	13.6	01h 52m 45s	+36° 37’ 08”
Galaxy	NGC 687	13.3	01h 50m 33s	+36° 22’ 14”
Galaxy	NGC 712	13.8	01h 53m 08s	+36° 49’ 09”
Galaxy	NGC 759	13.8	01h 57m 50s	+36° 20’ 33”
Galaxy	UGC 1400	13.8	01h 56m 04s	+36° 07’ 50”
Galaxy	NGC 708	12.9	01h 52m 46s	+36° 09’ 06”
Galaxy	IC 179	13.4	02h 00m 11s	+38° 01’ 14”

Additional resources

Astronomy databases

This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services:

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
The Hipparcos Star Catalogue, containing more than 100.000 bright stars
The PGC 2003 Catalogue, containing information about 1 million galaxies
The GSC 2.3 Catalogue, containing information about more than 2 billion stars and galaxies

Please see the acknowledgements section.

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