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 18339	5.9552	03h 55m 16s	-12° 05’ 56”
Star	HIP 18083	7.1744	03h 51m 55s	-11° 58’ 05”
Star	HIP 18223	7.7956	03h 53m 46s	-12° 44’ 00”
Star	HIP 18616	8.4828	03h 58m 58s	-11° 26’ 05”
Star	HIP 18365	8.5838	03h 55m 37s	-10° 32’ 11”
Star	HIP 17977	7.7038	03h 50m 35s	-11° 59’ 44”
Star	HIP 17949	8.898	03h 50m 15s	-11° 44’ 30”
Star	HIP 18440	6.5246	03h 56m 31s	-10° 51’ 11”
Star	HIP 17965	8.1536	03h 50m 25s	-10° 19’ 11”
Star	HIP 18414	8.1182	03h 56m 12s	-10° 39’ 31”
Star	HIP 18080	8.2826	03h 51m 53s	-10° 31’ 48”
Star	HIP 18272	7.904	03h 54m 31s	-12° 43’ 18”
Star	HIP 18236	7.2322	03h 53m 59s	-12° 26’ 57”
Star	HIP 18185	7.4906	03h 53m 24s	-10° 32’ 43”

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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