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 20671	8.18	04h 25m 41s	-04° 43’ 38”
Star	HIP 20471	7.5018	04h 23m 15s	-05° 00’ 20”
Star	HIP 21264	6.5568	04h 33m 44s	-05° 18’ 34”
Star	HIP 20602	8.1194	04h 24m 44s	-05° 41’ 24”
Star	HIP 20932	8.7366	04h 29m 19s	-05° 40’ 49”
Star	HIP 20628	7.3548	04h 25m 17s	-05° 39’ 07”
Star	HIP 20742	7.401	04h 26m 41s	-06° 24’ 14”
Star	HIP 21095	7.7918	04h 31m 13s	-04° 51’ 35”
Star	HIP 21145	7.6798	04h 31m 59s	-04° 22’ 53”
Star	HIP 20658	7.6582	04h 25m 36s	-05° 05’ 28”
Star	HIP 21172	7.555	04h 32m 21s	-05° 02’ 20”
Star	HIP 20966	7.9504	04h 29m 43s	-04° 35’ 50”
Star	HIP 20676	7.2116	04h 25m 43s	-05° 09’ 11”
Star	HIP 20942	8.6864	04h 29m 24s	-04° 12’ 22”
Star	HIP 21076	7.9376	04h 31m 02s	-04° 57’ 39”
Star	HIP 20793	7.7238	04h 27m 20s	-05° 50’ 38”
Galaxy	NGC 1600	12.0	04h 31m 39s	-05° 05’ 16”
Galaxy	NGC 1594	13.8	04h 30m 51s	-05° 47’ 54”
Galaxy	IC 373	13.8	04h 30m 42s	-04° 52’ 18”

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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