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 88406	8.784	18h 03m 05s	+52° 36’ 11”
Star	HIP 87212	5.0228	17h 49m 04s	+50° 46’ 49”
Star	HIP 87833	2.077	17h 56m 36s	+51° 29’ 20”
Star	HIP 88155	8.014	18h 00m 18s	+52° 51’ 15”
Star	HIP 88129	7.7724	18h 00m 03s	+50° 55’ 17”
Star	HIP 87398	7.917	17h 51m 38s	+51° 06’ 51”
Star	HIP 87483	8.1548	17h 52m 28s	+50° 23’ 29”
Star	HIP 88536	8.5936	18h 04m 44s	+51° 52’ 56”
Star	HIP 88322	8.7038	18h 02m 16s	+51° 27’ 30”
Star	HIP 87576	8.489	17h 53m 27s	+52° 23’ 07”
Star	HIP 87960	7.3778	17h 58m 05s	+52° 13’ 06”
Star	HIP 88323	7.377	18h 02m 16s	+51° 38’ 19”
Star	HIP 87328	7.4796	17h 50m 37s	+51° 14’ 31”
Galaxy	NGC 6515	14.0	17h 57m 24s	+50° 43’ 41”

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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