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 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 F2 (ATLAS) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 60419	8.4244	12h 23m 15s	+13° 37’ 19”
Star	HIP 60738	8.7876	12h 26m 53s	+14° 02’ 37”
Star	HIP 60150	6.8168	12h 20m 04s	+13° 51’ 18”
Star	HIP 60445	8.9904	12h 23m 32s	+13° 55’ 21”
Star	HIP 60838	8.6326	12h 28m 11s	+15° 15’ 08”
Star	HIP 60960	7.16	12h 29m 46s	+14° 39’ 00”
Star	HIP 60836	8.5472	12h 28m 10s	+15° 37’ 06”
Star	HIP 60705	7.9468	12h 26m 29s	+14° 34’ 19”
Star	HIP 60478	8.7166	12h 23m 54s	+15° 37’ 03”
Star	HIP 60918	8.5748	12h 29m 05s	+13° 57’ 01”
Star	HIP 60124	8.8882	12h 19m 50s	+14° 23’ 00”
Galaxy	NGC 4461	12.0	12h 29m 02s	+13° 11’ 08”
Galaxy	NGC 4474	12.5	12h 29m 53s	+14° 04’ 05”
Galaxy	NGC 4387	13.0	12h 25m 41s	+12° 48’ 41”
Galaxy	NGC 4479	13.5	12h 30m 18s	+13° 34’ 41”
Galaxy	NGC 4298	12.1	12h 21m 32s	+14° 36’ 24”
Galaxy	NGC 4419	12.1	12h 26m 56s	+15° 02’ 52”
Galaxy	NGC 4302	12.6	12h 21m 42s	+14° 36’ 05”
Galaxy	NGC 4379	12.6	12h 25m 14s	+15° 36’ 25”
Galaxy	NGC 4402	12.6	12h 26m 07s	+13° 06’ 45”
Galaxy	NGC 4396	13.1	12h 25m 59s	+15° 40’ 18”
Galaxy	NGC 4374	10.2	12h 25m 03s	+12° 53’ 13”
Galaxy	NGC 4473	11.2	12h 29m 48s	+13° 25’ 49”
Galaxy	NGC 4377	12.7	12h 25m 12s	+14° 45’ 51”
Galaxy	NGC 4468	13.7	12h 29m 31s	+14° 02’ 57”
Galaxy	NGC 4459	11.3	12h 28m 59s	+13° 58’ 45”
Galaxy	NGC 4435	11.8	12h 27m 40s	+13° 04’ 46”
Galaxy	PGC 40819	12.3	12h 27m 13s	+14° 07’ 23”
Galaxy	NGC 4458	12.8	12h 28m 57s	+13° 14’ 35”
Galaxy	IC 3392	13.3	12h 28m 43s	+15° 00’ 05”
Galaxy	NGC 4406	9.9	12h 26m 11s	+12° 56’ 48”
Galaxy	NGC 4438	10.9	12h 27m 45s	+13° 00’ 34”
Galaxy	NGC 4477	11.4	12h 30m 02s	+13° 38’ 11”
Galaxy	NGC 4421	12.4	12h 27m 02s	+15° 27’ 42”

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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