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 21086	0	04h 31m 09s	-13° 30’ 50”
Star	HIP 21110	6.242	04h 31m 25s	-13° 38’ 38”
Star	HIP 20922	5.6114	04h 29m 06s	-13° 02’ 54”
Star	HIP 20997	6.1176	04h 30m 09s	-13° 35’ 32”
Star	HIP 20939	7.759	04h 29m 22s	-14° 03’ 12”
Star	HIP 20697	8.331	04h 26m 01s	-13° 16’ 49”
Star	HIP 20749	7.9394	04h 26m 46s	-14° 37’ 16”
Star	HIP 20857	8.0154	04h 28m 10s	-12° 15’ 54”
Star	HIP 21143	7.12	04h 31m 56s	-12° 37’ 57”
Star	HIP 20837	8.438	04h 27m 56s	-13° 27’ 52”
Star	HIP 20521	7.9142	04h 23m 51s	-14° 00’ 54”
Star	HIP 20903	8.0962	04h 28m 50s	-14° 58’ 45”
Star	HIP 20915	8.6074	04h 28m 58s	-13° 39’ 40”
Galaxy	PGC 15524	12.6	04h 33m 37s	-13° 15’ 47”

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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