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 88571	8.7556	18h 05m 05s	+34° 28’ 11”
Star	HIP 88255	8.4806	18h 01m 19s	+35° 31’ 37”
Star	HIP 88366	8.4642	18h 02m 40s	+34° 57’ 48”
Star	HIP 88761	7.2296	18h 07m 11s	+34° 49’ 30”
Star	HIP 88752	8.0586	18h 07m 06s	+36° 25’ 14”
Star	HIP 88407	8.0858	18h 03m 05s	+36° 07’ 15”
Star	HIP 88473	7.354	18h 03m 53s	+35° 58’ 13”
Star	HIP 89045	6.9882	18h 10m 27s	+35° 10’ 18”
Star	HIP 88288	8.2086	18h 01m 43s	+34° 10’ 50”
Star	HIP 88470	8.7014	18h 03m 53s	+36° 23’ 41”
Star	HIP 88017	6.9256	17h 58m 40s	+35° 37’ 54”
Star	HIP 89037	7.643	18h 10m 23s	+34° 33’ 30”
Star	HIP 88968	8.3678	18h 09m 36s	+35° 31’ 02”
Galaxy	UGC 11124	13.5	18h 07m 26s	+35° 33’ 51”

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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