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 79456	0	16h 12m 52s	-47° 06’ 32”
Star	HIP 79018	7.051	16h 07m 44s	-46° 31’ 30”
Star	HIP 78930	8.021	16h 06m 45s	-46° 22’ 44”
Star	HIP 78432	8.5784	16h 00m 43s	-47° 53’ 21”
Star	HIP 78440	8.5968	16h 00m 50s	-48° 34’ 37”
Star	HIP 79232	8.8234	16h 10m 13s	-46° 31’ 26”
Star	HIP 79023	7.7784	16h 07m 45s	-47° 57’ 59”
Star	HIP 79279	8.2734	16h 10m 49s	-48° 47’ 41”
Star	HIP 78776	8.9628	16h 04m 57s	-47° 03’ 04”
Star	HIP 78532	8.3982	16h 01m 58s	-46° 54’ 13”
Star	HIP 79240	8.8932	16h 10m 17s	-47° 54’ 50”
Star	HIP 78991	6.613	16h 07m 25s	-48° 25’ 20”
Star	HIP 79092	8.9422	16h 08m 39s	-48° 34’ 41”
Star	HIP 79207	8.3904	16h 09m 59s	-48° 34’ 27”
Star	HIP 79323	8.759	16h 11m 21s	-46° 52’ 20”
Star	HIP 78855	7.6512	16h 05m 49s	-46° 05’ 05”
Star	HIP 78791	8.2648	16h 05m 05s	-48° 49’ 39”
Star	HIP 78475	7.601	16h 01m 10s	-46° 32’ 17”
Star	HIP 78795	8.7956	16h 05m 09s	-48° 05’ 21”
Star	HIP 78766	8.8608	16h 04m 51s	-46° 31’ 47”

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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