C/2017 S3 (PANSTARRS) live position and data

This page shows Comet C/2017 S3 (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 S3 (PANSTARRS) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 66700	6.2784	13h 40m 21s	+57° 12’ 27”
Star	HIP 67814	8.5336	13h 53m 31s	+58° 54’ 06”
Star	HIP 68089	8.9802	13h 56m 26s	+58° 29’ 54”
Star	HIP 67085	8.9578	13h 44m 59s	+57° 53’ 05”
Star	HIP 67792	8.8648	13h 53m 15s	+57° 54’ 48”
Star	HIP 66591	8.5718	13h 39m 01s	+58° 01’ 38”
Star	HIP 67548	6.442	13h 50m 27s	+58° 32’ 21”
Galaxy	NGC 5372	13.9	13h 54m 46s	+58° 39’ 59”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet C/2017 S3 (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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