P/2017 S5 (ATLAS) live position and data

This page shows Comet P/2017 S5 (ATLAS) 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 P/2017 S5 (ATLAS) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 67240	8.0864	13h 46m 45s	-20° 51’ 10”
Star	HIP 66873	8.2738	13h 42m 20s	-22° 02’ 44”
Star	HIP 67368	7.8588	13h 48m 31s	-22° 09’ 20”
Star	HIP 67048	8.863	13h 44m 26s	-21° 13’ 23”
Star	HIP 66407	8.4836	13h 36m 51s	-21° 42’ 09”
Star	HIP 66680	8.6696	13h 40m 09s	-22° 38’ 16”
Star	HIP 66424	8.1634	13h 37m 03s	-21° 51’ 14”
Star	HIP 66952	8.462	13h 43m 20s	-22° 22’ 01”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet P/2017 S5 (ATLAS)

• 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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