C/2020 A2 (Iwamoto) live position and data

This page shows Comet C/2020 A2 (Iwamoto) 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 C/2020 A2 (Iwamoto) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 28585	8.9928	06h 02m 04s	-06° 48’ 56”
Star	HIP 28459	7.2464	06h 00m 31s	-07° 28’ 10”
Star	HIP 29264	8.051	06h 10m 10s	-07° 06’ 20”
Star	HIP 28453	8.3662	06h 00m 27s	-07° 35’ 22”
Star	HIP 28897	6.7252	06h 06m 02s	-05° 52’ 48”
Star	HIP 29140	6.39	06h 08m 47s	-06° 49’ 17”
Star	HIP 28870	8.6404	06h 05m 42s	-06° 06’ 39”
Star	HIP 28690	8.0574	06h 03m 26s	-06° 23’ 40”
Star	HIP 28985	6.5668	06h 06m 58s	-06° 12’ 09”
Star	HIP 29115	8.9252	06h 08m 23s	-06° 32’ 55”
Star	HIP 28833	8.3338	06h 05m 09s	-08° 01’ 20”
Star	HIP 28391	7.0852	05h 59m 48s	-06° 35’ 50”
Star	HIP 28821	8.5542	06h 05m 02s	-07° 31’ 43”
Star	HIP 28889	8.3222	06h 05m 57s	-06° 37’ 50”
Star	HIP 29135	6.6874	06h 08m 45s	-07° 56’ 10”
Star	HIP 29053	8.73	06h 07m 44s	-07° 09’ 47”
Star	HIP 28744	5.2562	06h 04m 13s	-06° 42’ 32”

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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