C/2017 S2 (PANSTARRS) live position and data

This page shows Comet C/2017 S2 (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 S2 (PANSTARRS) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 33226	0	06h 54m 49s	+33° 16’ 08”
Star	HIP 33393	8.3492	06h 56m 44s	+31° 23’ 07”
Star	HIP 32568	7.9648	06h 47m 45s	+31° 42’ 10”
Star	HIP 32546	8.3522	06h 47m 28s	+33° 06’ 31”
Star	HIP 33166	8.1764	06h 54m 13s	+33° 00’ 09”
Star	HIP 33430	8.3724	06h 57m 05s	+32° 17’ 24”
Star	HIP 32903	8.2056	06h 51m 21s	+32° 09’ 33”
Star	HIP 32740	5.5928	06h 49m 41s	+32° 36’ 24”
Star	HIP 32752	8.431	06h 49m 48s	+32° 06’ 46”
Star	HIP 33134	7.6732	06h 53m 57s	+31° 07’ 19”
Star	HIP 32651	8.7462	06h 48m 39s	+31° 16’ 00”
Star	HIP 32482	8.874	06h 46m 44s	+31° 17’ 37”
Star	HIP 32583	8.0902	06h 47m 56s	+31° 02’ 48”
Star	HIP 32415	7.5748	06h 46m 02s	+33° 01’ 46”
Star	HIP 32299	7.8456	06h 44m 36s	+31° 58’ 12”
Star	HIP 32423	8.6912	06h 46m 05s	+32° 33’ 19”
Star	HIP 33150	6.9618	06h 54m 07s	+32° 30’ 41”
Star	HIP 33272	8.494	06h 55m 15s	+30° 55’ 53”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet C/2017 S2 (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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