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 50414	5.217	10h 17m 37s	-08° 04’ 08”
Star	HIP 51046	5.456	10h 25m 44s	-07° 03’ 36”
Star	HIP 50498	8.5994	10h 18m 42s	-08° 39’ 36”
Star	HIP 50584	6.2734	10h 19m 59s	-09° 03’ 31”
Star	HIP 50833	8.4912	10h 22m 46s	-06° 45’ 12”
Star	HIP 50955	7.7798	10h 24m 24s	-07° 35’ 17”
Star	HIP 51057	7.667	10h 25m 56s	-07° 51’ 31”
Star	HIP 51189	7.739	10h 27m 22s	-07° 48’ 08”
Star	HIP 50698	7.6496	10h 21m 09s	-08° 42’ 34”
Star	HIP 50872	8.0264	10h 23m 16s	-07° 46’ 23”

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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