C/2018 E1 (ATLAS) live position and data

This page shows Comet C/2018 E1 (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 C/2018 E1 (ATLAS) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 53265	0	10h 53m 37s	+13° 42’ 54”
Star	HIP 53124	8.2708	10h 52m 02s	+16° 05’ 44”
Star	HIP 53366	8.4184	10h 54m 46s	+15° 11’ 48”
Star	HIP 52689	5.391	10h 46m 25s	+14° 11’ 41”
Star	HIP 53075	8.4012	10h 51m 31s	+13° 40’ 00”
Star	HIP 52824	8.1826	10h 48m 03s	+14° 12’ 42”
Star	HIP 53097	7.6912	10h 51m 45s	+13° 33’ 57”
Star	HIP 53031	8.1038	10h 51m 02s	+16° 03’ 14”
Galaxy	NGC 3377	11.2	10h 47m 41s	+13° 58’ 59”
Galaxy	NGC 3391	13.7	10h 48m 56s	+14° 13’ 17”
Galaxy	NGC 3419	13.8	10h 51m 17s	+13° 56’ 42”
Galaxy	NGC 3412	11.4	10h 50m 53s	+13° 24’ 46”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet C/2018 E1 (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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