C/2014 W2 (PANSTARRS) live position and data

This page shows Comet C/2014 W2 (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/2014 W2 (PANSTARRS) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 82735	7.954	16h 54m 38s	-36° 13’ 30”
Star	HIP 82739	0	16h 54m 40s	-35° 13’ 29”
Star	HIP 82885	8.8624	16h 56m 18s	-35° 28’ 58”
Star	HIP 83060	8.7294	16h 58m 20s	-35° 41’ 20”
Star	HIP 83235	5.8234	17h 00m 36s	-35° 56’ 02”
Star	HIP 83472	8.8254	17h 03m 35s	-34° 34’ 26”
Star	HIP 83496	7.9856	17h 03m 54s	-35° 16’ 25”
Star	HIP 83527	8.7974	17h 04m 13s	-36° 38’ 33”
Star	HIP 83625	8.8414	17h 05m 26s	-35° 04’ 45”
Star	HIP 83706	6.1372	17h 06m 28s	-35° 27’ 03”
Star	HIP 83733	8.0796	17h 06m 47s	-35° 53’ 15”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet C/2014 W2 (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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