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 99103	7.6152	20h 07m 13s	+21° 06’ 13”
Star	HIP 98661	6.5066	20h 02m 22s	+22° 09’ 05”
Star	HIP 98255	8.1012	19h 57m 56s	+20° 32’ 27”
Star	HIP 99028	7.736	20h 06m 14s	+20° 31’ 08”
Star	HIP 98473	8.091	20h 00m 20s	+22° 26’ 24”
Star	HIP 98780	6.459	20h 03m 42s	+21° 29’ 47”
Star	HIP 99000	8.1108	20h 05m 56s	+22° 13’ 45”
Star	HIP 98656	8.3918	20h 02m 17s	+20° 55’ 35”
Star	HIP 98169	6.6156	19h 57m 00s	+20° 59’ 54”
Star	HIP 98660	8.494	20h 02m 21s	+19° 43’ 25”
Star	HIP 98428	7.6544	19h 59m 55s	+19° 53’ 22”
Star	HIP 98696	8.2872	20h 02m 46s	+21° 51’ 15”
Star	HIP 98791	7.1536	20h 03m 51s	+21° 03’ 01”
Star	HIP 98214	7.4192	19h 57m 29s	+21° 45’ 24”
Star	HIP 98920	4.9868	20h 05m 09s	+19° 59’ 27”
Star	HIP 98295	8.6378	19h 58m 17s	+22° 08’ 17”
Star	HIP 99199	8.46	20h 08m 19s	+20° 32’ 10”

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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