C/2020 F8 (SWAN) live position and data

This page shows Comet SWAN (C/2020 F8) 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 SWAN (C/2020 F8) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 24463	0	05h 14m 58s	+44° 31’ 50”
Star	HIP 25503	7.2436	05h 27m 13s	+44° 00’ 20”
Star	HIP 25560	7.4342	05h 27m 47s	+44° 09’ 57”
Star	HIP 24816	8.325	05h 19m 10s	+45° 00’ 41”
Star	HIP 24976	8.2436	05h 20m 56s	+43° 24’ 46”
Star	HIP 25348	8.5028	05h 25m 18s	+45° 13’ 42”
Star	HIP 24881	6.3438	05h 20m 02s	+44° 25’ 31”
Star	HIP 25081	7.6408	05h 22m 11s	+45° 04’ 54”
Star	HIP 24491	8.5746	05h 15m 17s	+44° 41’ 58”
Star	HIP 24775	8.4254	05h 18m 41s	+44° 07’ 18”
Star	HIP 25803	8.7442	05h 30m 41s	+44° 44’ 10”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet SWAN (C/2020 F8)

• 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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