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 25249	0	05h 23m 57s	+26° 29’ 45”
Star	HIP 25556	8.9856	05h 27m 45s	+26° 08’ 18”
Star	HIP 25400	8.3764	05h 26m 01s	+25° 45’ 35”
Star	HIP 25988	8.2274	05h 32m 46s	+26° 44’ 50”
Star	HIP 26177	8.085	05h 34m 51s	+25° 53’ 03”
Star	HIP 25736	8.9146	05h 29m 43s	+26° 56’ 14”
Star	HIP 25969	7.1148	05h 32m 27s	+26° 58’ 53”
Star	HIP 26225	7.8684	05h 35m 17s	+25° 49’ 44”
Star	HIP 25793	8.2678	05h 30m 27s	+25° 19’ 57”
Star	HIP 25845	8.9316	05h 31m 02s	+26° 35’ 03”
Star	HIP 25695	5.4354	05h 29m 16s	+25° 09’ 01”
Star	HIP 25463	8.3316	05h 26m 43s	+25° 00’ 42”
Star	HIP 25253	8.1432	05h 24m 01s	+24° 57’ 37”
Star	HIP 25925	7.6426	05h 31m 56s	+26° 41’ 06”

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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