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 53873	0	11h 01m 19s	-23° 52’ 03”
Star	HIP 53276	8.479	10h 53m 46s	-24° 19’ 55”
Star	HIP 53590	8.6048	10h 57m 49s	-24° 02’ 16”
Star	HIP 54009	8.0654	11h 02m 55s	-23° 59’ 14”
Star	HIP 53301	8.063	10h 54m 06s	-23° 11’ 04”
Star	HIP 53385	8.3922	10h 55m 06s	-22° 55’ 31”
Star	HIP 53456	8.416	10h 56m 07s	-22° 53’ 01”
Star	HIP 53687	8.0506	10h 59m 05s	-23° 15’ 17”
Star	HIP 53800	8.4584	11h 00m 27s	-23° 25’ 05”
Galaxy	NGC 3513	11.9	11h 03m 45s	-23° 14’ 40”
Galaxy	NGC 3511	11.5	11h 03m 23s	-23° 05’ 11”

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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