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 22762	0	04h 53m 49s	-17° 46’ 18”
Star	HIP 23512	0	05h 03m 20s	-17° 22’ 20”
Star	HIP 23350	7.97	05h 01m 18s	-17° 33’ 27”
Star	HIP 23215	7.9734	04h 59m 45s	-18° 39’ 23”
Star	HIP 22860	5.6038	04h 55m 06s	-16° 44’ 26”
Star	HIP 23612	7.7822	05h 04m 37s	-17° 53’ 06”
Star	HIP 23618	8.3546	05h 04m 40s	-17° 56’ 29”
Star	HIP 23090	6.672	04h 58m 10s	-16° 46’ 48”
Star	HIP 23137	6.9092	04h 58m 44s	-17° 48’ 24”
Star	HIP 23306	8.5692	05h 00m 43s	-17° 35’ 06”
Star	HIP 22944	7.3152	04h 56m 12s	-17° 44’ 10”
Galaxy	ESO 552-20	13.3	04h 54m 51s	-18° 06’ 50”
Galaxy	PGC 16494	13.5	04h 59m 27s	-16° 33’ 38”
Galaxy	NGC 1738	13.7	05h 01m 46s	-18° 09’ 30”

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

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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