C/2020 F2 (ATLAS) live position and data

This page shows Comet C/2020 F2 (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/2020 F2 (ATLAS) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 72844	0	14h 53m 22s	-07° 52’ 27”
Star	HIP 72943	7.2374	14h 54m 28s	-08° 23’ 18”
Star	HIP 73022	8.0202	14h 55m 25s	-09° 28’ 27”
Star	HIP 73007	7.8736	14h 55m 13s	-07° 17’ 34”
Star	HIP 72891	7.353	14h 53m 51s	-09° 05’ 09”
Star	HIP 72566	8.6826	14h 50m 15s	-07° 51’ 52”
Star	HIP 72808	7.7928	14h 52m 53s	-08° 41’ 44”
Star	HIP 72496	7.0736	14h 49m 25s	-08° 30’ 15”
Star	HIP 73114	8.5168	14h 56m 33s	-08° 55’ 52”
Star	HIP 73473	4.9518	15h 00m 58s	-08° 31’ 08”
Star	HIP 72829	8.8154	14h 53m 11s	-07° 14’ 15”
Star	HIP 72606	8.1346	14h 50m 42s	-08° 13’ 27”
Galaxy	PGC 53180	13.8	14h 53m 06s	-07° 01’ 18”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet C/2020 F2 (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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