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 64785	8.3296	13h 16m 40s	+43° 50’ 21”
Star	HIP 64931	8.1266	13h 18m 31s	+43° 02’ 10”
Star	HIP 64106	7.4734	13h 08m 15s	+43° 10’ 52”
Star	HIP 64123	8.639	13h 08m 32s	+42° 08’ 52”
Star	HIP 64470	6.702	13h 12m 49s	+42° 37’ 35”
Star	HIP 64074	7.7964	13h 07m 52s	+42° 22’ 26”
Star	HIP 65091	8.039	13h 20m 27s	+43° 06’ 40”
Galaxy	NGC 5103	13.6	13h 20m 30s	+43° 05’ 02”
Galaxy	NGC 5055	9.3	13h 15m 49s	+42° 02’ 04”
Galaxy	NGC 5023	12.8	13h 12m 11s	+44° 02’ 18”

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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