C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) live position and data

This page shows Comet C/2017 K2 (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/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 84837	8.7528	17h 20m 21s	+57° 58’ 27”
Star	HIP 85086	6.5042	17h 23m 22s	+57° 00’ 42”
Star	HIP 84062	6.9242	17h 11m 08s	+56° 39’ 33”
Star	HIP 84973	8.6166	17h 22m 02s	+56° 37’ 42”
Star	HIP 85444	8.3324	17h 27m 41s	+57° 30’ 37”
Star	HIP 85513	7.9784	17h 28m 31s	+57° 06’ 37”
Star	HIP 84300	7.7618	17h 14m 06s	+56° 08’ 01”
Star	HIP 84762	8.3962	17h 19m 31s	+58° 31’ 45”
Star	HIP 84168	8.289	17h 12m 22s	+57° 13’ 24”
Star	HIP 85166	8.3648	17h 24m 16s	+57° 47’ 30”
Star	HIP 85394	8.2518	17h 27m 00s	+57° 49’ 00”
Star	HIP 84439	8.6136	17h 15m 48s	+56° 04’ 39”
Star	HIP 84352	7.8508	17h 14m 43s	+58° 23’ 02”
Star	HIP 84129	7.1018	17h 11m 54s	+57° 58’ 02”
Star	HIP 84756	8.1802	17h 19m 29s	+56° 10’ 45”
Star	HIP 84818	7.9266	17h 20m 05s	+55° 56’ 07”
Galaxy	NGC 6338	13.5	17h 15m 22s	+57° 24’ 45”
Galaxy	NGC 6385	14.0	17h 28m 01s	+57° 31’ 17”
Galaxy	PGC 60095	11.7	17h 20m 12s	+57° 54’ 55”
Galaxy	NGC 6370	13.9	17h 23m 25s	+56° 58’ 32”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet C/2017 K2 (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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