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 35667	0	07h 21m 33s	+30° 52’ 59”
Star	HIP 34943	7.02	07h 13m 50s	+28° 29’ 38”
Star	HIP 35759	7.5596	07h 22m 33s	+29° 49’ 28”
Star	HIP 34957	8.483	07h 13m 58s	+28° 33’ 28”
Star	HIP 35064	8.5422	07h 15m 02s	+29° 50’ 58”
Star	HIP 35443	7.3548	07h 19m 02s	+29° 11’ 01”
Star	HIP 35428	8.8488	07h 18m 51s	+29° 06’ 03”
Star	HIP 35713	8.0936	07h 22m 04s	+29° 50’ 15”
Star	HIP 35022	8.536	07h 14m 38s	+28° 26’ 29”
Star	HIP 35372	8.173	07h 18m 26s	+30° 49’ 27”
Star	HIP 35193	8.6646	07h 16m 23s	+30° 42’ 18”
Star	HIP 35721	8.3554	07h 22m 10s	+30° 16’ 47”
Star	HIP 35345	6.1972	07h 18m 04s	+30° 57’ 21”
Star	HIP 35836	8.407	07h 23m 23s	+28° 42’ 36”
Star	HIP 35162	7.4662	07h 16m 01s	+29° 15’ 18”
Star	HIP 35732	8.8408	07h 22m 15s	+29° 32’ 51”
Star	HIP 35336	8.3374	07h 17m 57s	+28° 29’ 19”

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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