C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) Real Time Tracker |
Right Ascension: 5.456342
Declination: 12.709142 (J2000) Magnitude: 16.58 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Orion
Sun Distance: 855754213 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 974180983 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 19 Dec 2022 20:27 UTC [] |
This page shows Comet C/2017 K2 (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 in the background 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).
List of bright objects (stars brighter than magnitude 9.0 and galaxies brighter than magmitude 14.0) close to Comet C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) (less than 1.5 degrees):
Type | Name | Magnitude | Ar | Dec |
Star | HIP 25717 | 8.1708 | 05h 29m 27s | +13° 25’ 39” |
Star | HIP 25742 | 7.038 | 05h 29m 47s | +12° 16’ 14” |
Star | HIP 25470 | 7.5472 | 05h 26m 48s | +13° 34’ 55” |
Star | HIP 25513 | 8.2958 | 05h 27m 21s | +14° 01’ 44” |
Star | HIP 25662 | 6.6884 | 05h 28m 51s | +12° 33’ 04” |
Star | HIP 25297 | 7.0714 | 05h 24m 41s | +11° 31’ 46” |
Star | HIP 25844 | 7.5898 | 05h 31m 01s | +12° 05’ 48” |
Star | HIP 25577 | 8.151 | 05h 27m 59s | +12° 54’ 42” |
Star | HIP 25638 | 6.3376 | 05h 28m 34s | +13° 40’ 44” |
Star | HIP 25873 | 8.3426 | 05h 31m 23s | +12° 33’ 23” |
Star | HIP 25671 | 7.9232 | 05h 28m 59s | +13° 08’ 54” |
Star | HIP 25037 | 7.9134 | 05h 21m 40s | +12° 40’ 06” |
Star | HIP 25228 | 8.4602 | 05h 23m 43s | +12° 46’ 32” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: