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 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 SWAN (C/2020 F8) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 19510	0	04h 10m 46s	-19° 11’ 03”
Star	HIP 19174	6.4422	04h 06m 36s	-18° 03’ 02”
Star	HIP 19149	7.5062	04h 06m 16s	-19° 30’ 47”
Star	HIP 19368	8.4748	04h 08m 55s	-19° 07’ 54”
Star	HIP 19452	7.0252	04h 09m 58s	-19° 00’ 10”
Star	HIP 19571	5.7758	04h 11m 36s	-20° 21’ 22”
Star	HIP 19446	6.932	04h 09m 52s	-19° 17’ 13”
Star	HIP 19535	8.1918	04h 11m 05s	-18° 25’ 35”
Star	HIP 19457	8.1882	04h 10m 01s	-18° 42’ 39”
Star	HIP 19360	8.0562	04h 08m 49s	-17° 56’ 42”
Star	HIP 19111	6.2492	04h 05m 46s	-20° 30’ 45”
Star	HIP 19661	8.9378	04h 12m 45s	-18° 38’ 47”
Star	HIP 19533	8.8658	04h 11m 04s	-20° 03’ 05”
Star	HIP 19349	8.5046	04h 08m 42s	-20° 03’ 51”
Star	HIP 19001	7.7128	04h 04m 17s	-19° 28’ 09”

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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