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 83008	8.7266	16h 57m 42s	-45° 57’ 41”
Star	HIP 82833	7.991	16h 55m 37s	-45° 06’ 10”
Star	HIP 83202	6.4662	17h 00m 14s	-44° 59’ 18”
Star	HIP 83587	7.5454	17h 05m 02s	-46° 58’ 17”
Star	HIP 83529	7.5362	17h 04m 15s	-45° 14’ 25”
Star	HIP 83460	8.4648	17h 03m 28s	-46° 27’ 14”
Star	HIP 83594	6.2856	17h 05m 05s	-45° 30’ 07”
Star	HIP 83368	8.1056	17h 02m 20s	-44° 54’ 52”
Star	HIP 83230	6.453	17h 00m 32s	-45° 27’ 06”
Star	HIP 83413	8.15	17h 02m 56s	-46° 45’ 07”
Star	HIP 83330	8.6718	17h 01m 50s	-44° 31’ 07”
Star	HIP 83611	8.012	17h 05m 22s	-44° 23’ 34”
Star	HIP 83666	7.3774	17h 06m 00s	-44° 22’ 21”
Star	HIP 83807	8.7062	17h 07m 39s	-44° 41’ 59”
Star	HIP 83802	6.8614	17h 07m 35s	-46° 40’ 46”
Star	HIP 83001	8.6958	16h 57m 40s	-45° 20’ 49”
Star	HIP 83603	7.0674	17h 05m 18s	-47° 04’ 08”
Star	HIP 83039	7.922	16h 58m 07s	-45° 58’ 56”
Star	HIP 83105	8.1266	16h 58m 56s	-46° 07’ 44”
Star	HIP 83381	8.5548	17h 02m 29s	-46° 35’ 05”
Star	HIP 83970	8.091	17h 09m 50s	-45° 38’ 12”
Star	HIP 83263	8.4758	17h 01m 03s	-45° 01’ 34”
Star	HIP 83897	8.7314	17h 08m 47s	-45° 09’ 16”
Star	HIP 83704	8.23	17h 06m 25s	-44° 34’ 19”
Star	HIP 82952	8.7066	16h 57m 04s	-46° 08’ 37”
Star	HIP 83427	8.739	17h 03m 06s	-45° 24’ 30”

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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