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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):

TypeNameMagnitudeArDec
StarHIP 226975.93804h 52m 47s+27° 53’ 51”
StarHIP 219887.912804h 43m 35s+27° 41’ 16”
StarHIP 225277.518804h 50m 51s+28° 18’ 50”
StarHIP 224006.963804h 49m 15s+28° 21’ 03”
StarHIP 222078.356404h 46m 33s+27° 54’ 02”
StarHIP 227067.31404h 52m 58s+26° 46’ 39”
StarHIP 229208.6704h 55m 55s+27° 50’ 08”
StarHIP 227118.193804h 53m 00s+28° 06’ 25”
StarHIP 223137.780204h 48m 20s+26° 57’ 58”
StarHIP 223828.01304h 49m 05s+27° 00’ 41”
StarHIP 229037.206404h 55m 34s+27° 12’ 08”
StarHIP 225787.58204h 51m 31s+28° 31’ 36”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet C/2017 S2 (PANSTARRS)

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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