C/2017 Y2 (PANSTARRS) live position and data

This page shows Comet C/2017 Y2 (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 Y2 (PANSTARRS) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 107926	7.8346	21h 51m 58s	+38° 25’ 47”
Star	HIP 107671	7.946	21h 48m 36s	+39° 04’ 55”
Star	HIP 108667	7.5522	22h 00m 52s	+39° 31’ 33”
Star	HIP 107841	8.2108	21h 50m 52s	+39° 36’ 32”
Star	HIP 108564	8.0434	21h 59m 30s	+37° 58’ 31”
Star	HIP 108601	8.8802	22h 00m 01s	+39° 13’ 58”
Star	HIP 107958	8.1806	21h 52m 19s	+39° 48’ 06”
Star	HIP 107808	7.7586	21h 50m 26s	+39° 26’ 31”
Star	HIP 108014	8.5156	21h 52m 58s	+38° 20’ 36”
Star	HIP 107653	7.1832	21h 48m 18s	+38° 57’ 22”
Star	HIP 107664	6.1062	21h 48m 29s	+38° 38’ 54”
Star	HIP 107738	8.4622	21h 49m 30s	+39° 00’ 06”
Star	HIP 107722	7.5098	21h 49m 17s	+38° 20’ 51”
Star	HIP 108695	7.1154	22h 01m 06s	+39° 14’ 45”
Star	HIP 107769	8.532	21h 49m 58s	+37° 45’ 14”
Star	HIP 108447	7.6698	21h 58m 06s	+38° 55’ 36”
Star	HIP 107812	7.8594	21h 50m 30s	+37° 35’ 24”
Star	HIP 107934	7.4458	21h 52m 02s	+38° 57’ 16”
Star	HIP 107997	6.991	21h 52m 48s	+38° 50’ 07”
Star	HIP 107856	6.2044	21h 51m 04s	+39° 32’ 11”
Star	HIP 108750	8.3782	22h 01m 46s	+39° 12’ 15”
Star	HIP 108155	8.4474	21h 54m 44s	+39° 56’ 07”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet C/2017 Y2 (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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