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 60140	7.5836	12h 19m 58s	+43° 36’ 31”
Star	HIP 60184	8.2972	12h 20m 32s	+43° 24’ 30”
Star	HIP 60643	8.0864	12h 25m 45s	+44° 44’ 05”
Star	HIP 59885	8.8832	12h 16m 52s	+45° 05’ 20”
Star	HIP 59917	7.9538	12h 17m 27s	+44° 01’ 10”
Star	HIP 59870	8.9978	12h 16m 43s	+44° 24’ 07”
Star	HIP 60229	7.2648	12h 21m 02s	+45° 30’ 53”
Star	HIP 60380	7.7766	12h 22m 49s	+43° 48’ 29”
Galaxy	NGC 4242	11.5	12h 17m 30s	+45° 37’ 19”
Galaxy	NGC 4183	12.8	12h 13m 17s	+43° 41’ 53”
Galaxy	UGC 7408	13.4	12h 21m 14s	+45° 48’ 42”

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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