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 57225	7.9028	11h 44m 01s	-36° 18’ 01”
Star	HIP 56443	7.2828	11h 34m 21s	-36° 12’ 16”
Star	HIP 56621	6.7914	11h 36m 35s	-36° 07’ 16”
Star	HIP 57016	7.0596	11h 41m 22s	-35° 36’ 13”
Star	HIP 56783	8.6734	11h 38m 30s	-34° 13’ 32”
Star	HIP 57153	8.7524	11h 43m 17s	-35° 44’ 17”
Star	HIP 56623	7.5364	11h 36m 37s	-34° 38’ 48”
Star	HIP 57332	8.8032	11h 45m 18s	-34° 48’ 36”
Star	HIP 56520	6.8784	11h 35m 14s	-35° 36’ 43”
Star	HIP 56876	7.7524	11h 39m 36s	-35° 13’ 57”
Star	HIP 56888	7.3054	11h 39m 45s	-34° 58’ 55”
Star	HIP 56567	8.059	11h 35m 48s	-34° 47’ 10”
Star	HIP 56449	8.3056	11h 34m 26s	-34° 12’ 54”
Star	HIP 56560	8.286	11h 35m 45s	-35° 24’ 32”
Star	HIP 57365	7.6618	11h 45m 37s	-35° 36’ 19”
Star	HIP 56922	4.7062	11h 40m 12s	-34° 44’ 40”
Star	HIP 57423	7.7254	11h 46m 22s	-34° 45’ 12”
Star	HIP 57012	8.2928	11h 41m 18s	-34° 29’ 58”

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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