Comet C/2015 ER61 PanSTARRS was discovered on March 15, 2015 when it was 8.44 AU from the Sun,at magnitude 21.5. On January 30, 2016, it was classified as a comet when it was 5.7 AU from the Sun. It comes close to Jupiter, and a close approach in the past threw it on the distant orbit it is on now. This image shows the comet on the night of October 16th 2017, when it was situated over the molecular cloud LBN 773, not far from Pleiades.