Object: 96P/Machholz (open sky map)

RA 18h 44m 16s Dec -37° 03’ 16” Appar J2000

Mag: 24.12 (Estimated: JPL) Const: Corona Australis

Sun Dist: 886901303.94671 km [ km/s]
Earth Dist: 743402203.09838 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 16 Jul 2012 02:52 UTC []

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96P/Machholz Live Position Tracker

This page shows Comet 96P/Machholz 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 96P/Machholz (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 91370	0	18h 38m 04s	-37° 34’ 48”
Star	HIP 91719	0	18h 42m 12s	-36° 26’ 31”
Star	HIP 91540	8.4046	18h 40m 05s	-37° 30’ 18”
Star	HIP 91471	8.3328	18h 39m 19s	-37° 42’ 06”
Star	HIP 91639	7.7072	18h 41m 17s	-36° 18’ 30”
Star	HIP 92454	7.638	18h 50m 30s	-36° 48’ 53”
Star	HIP 92188	7.0654	18h 47m 19s	-37° 32’ 54”
Star	HIP 91474	8.4202	18h 39m 24s	-38° 00’ 46”
Star	HIP 91506	8.913	18h 39m 41s	-35° 58’ 21”
Star	HIP 91918	4.866	18h 44m 19s	-35° 38’ 30”
Star	HIP 91747	8.8416	18h 42m 33s	-38° 16’ 54”
Star	HIP 92275	6.7858	18h 48m 21s	-37° 00’ 48”
Star	HIP 91616	8.8762	18h 41m 03s	-37° 39’ 13”
Star	HIP 91875	5.1138	18h 43m 46s	-38° 19’ 23”
Star	HIP 91618	8.4888	18h 41m 05s	-38° 21’ 30”
Star	HIP 91242	8.487	18h 36m 40s	-37° 39’ 18”
Star	HIP 91957	7.8262	18h 44m 40s	-38° 07’ 42”
Star	HIP 91959	8.4274	18h 44m 40s	-36° 53’ 15”
Star	HIP 91901	6.213	18h 44m 07s	-36° 43’ 05”
Star	HIP 91470	8.0346	18h 39m 19s	-36° 13’ 46”
Star	HIP 92017	6.4498	18h 45m 18s	-35° 51’ 23”
Star	HIP 92353	8.6144	18h 49m 21s	-36° 38’ 07”

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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