C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) live position and data

This page shows Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) 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 F3 (NEOWISE) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 71922	0	14h 42m 36s	-32° 43’ 34”
Star	HIP 71442	8.5964	14h 36m 38s	-31° 02’ 10”
Star	HIP 71033	8.8536	14h 31m 40s	-32° 01’ 13”
Star	HIP 71665	8.996	14h 39m 28s	-31° 39’ 35”
Star	HIP 71593	8.5162	14h 38m 31s	-31° 55’ 03”
Star	HIP 71066	7.3712	14h 32m 00s	-32° 11’ 08”
Star	HIP 71059	8.9086	14h 31m 53s	-32° 27’ 09”
Star	HIP 71853	6.458	14h 41m 51s	-30° 55’ 59”
Star	HIP 71236	7.4398	14h 34m 05s	-31° 57’ 26”
Star	HIP 71167	8.5992	14h 33m 20s	-30° 58’ 22”
Star	HIP 71647	7.63	14h 39m 16s	-33° 22’ 42”
Star	HIP 71890	6.5392	14h 42m 13s	-32° 46’ 11”
Star	HIP 71477	8.149	14h 37m 03s	-33° 10’ 46”
Galaxy	ESO 447-31	13.8	14h 40m 55s	-32° 22’ 32”
Galaxy	ESO 447-30	13.4	14h 39m 46s	-32° 40’ 04”

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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