20D/Westphal (Lost) live position and data

This page shows Comet 20D/Westphal (Lost) 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).

Current close conjunctions

List of bright objects (stars brighter than magnitude 9.0 and galaxies brighter than magmitude 14.0) close to Comet 20D/Westphal (Lost) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 68407	0	14h 00m 12s	-54° 09’ 11”
Star	HIP 67702	7.446	13h 52m 03s	-52° 48’ 35”
Star	HIP 68926	8.678	14h 06m 39s	-54° 00’ 23”
Star	HIP 68575	8.4048	14h 02m 20s	-52° 33’ 11”
Star	HIP 68601	7.9892	14h 02m 33s	-53° 59’ 35”
Star	HIP 68226	8.3172	13h 58m 00s	-52° 39’ 42”
Star	HIP 68600	8.6966	14h 02m 33s	-54° 27’ 52”
Star	HIP 68080	6.0256	13h 56m 19s	-54° 07’ 56”
Star	HIP 67913	7.0894	13h 54m 35s	-55° 04’ 18”
Star	HIP 68877	8.109	14h 06m 12s	-54° 12’ 24”
Star	HIP 68101	5.9316	13h 56m 32s	-54° 42’ 14”
Star	HIP 67428	8.831	13h 49m 09s	-54° 13’ 42”
Star	HIP 67836	5.8818	13h 53m 43s	-53° 22’ 23”
Star	HIP 67899	6.6874	13h 54m 24s	-54° 24’ 43”
Star	HIP 67815	8.242	13h 53m 31s	-52° 30’ 04”
Star	HIP 67956	6.818	13h 54m 59s	-55° 01’ 17”
Star	HIP 67801	8.5702	13h 53m 21s	-53° 14’ 29”
Star	HIP 68213	6.9938	13h 57m 56s	-53° 42’ 15”
Star	HIP 67703	5.258	13h 52m 04s	-52° 48’ 41”
Star	HIP 67755	7.1554	13h 52m 50s	-54° 34’ 44”
Galaxy	ESO 174-3	13.9	13h 57m 35s	-52° 46’ 18”

Additional resources

• 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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