C/2018 A1 (PANSTARRS) live position and data

This page shows Comet C/2018 A1 (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/2018 A1 (PANSTARRS) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 53294	7.5162	10h 53m 58s	-26° 44’ 46”
Star	HIP 53010	8.518	10h 50m 41s	-25° 31’ 21”
Star	HIP 53416	8.4266	10h 55m 36s	-26° 21’ 06”
Star	HIP 52910	7.4762	10h 49m 15s	-26° 48’ 54”
Star	HIP 53468	8.2902	10h 56m 15s	-25° 35’ 05”
Star	HIP 53712	7.5466	10h 59m 24s	-26° 46’ 06”
Star	HIP 52828	7.8392	10h 48m 05s	-26° 23’ 54”
Star	HIP 53181	8.3908	10h 52m 42s	-26° 34’ 44”
Star	HIP 53412	6.9238	10h 55m 28s	-26° 58’ 44”
Star	HIP 53118	7.8916	10h 52m 01s	-27° 34’ 20”
Galaxy	ESO 502-5	13.8	10h 57m 37s	-25° 25’ 40”
Galaxy	NGC 3463	13.8	10h 55m 13s	-26° 09’ 30”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet C/2018 A1 (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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