C/2020 J1 (SONEAR) live position and data

This page shows Comet C/2020 J1 (SONEAR) 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 C/2020 J1 (SONEAR) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 58645	0	12h 01m 32s	+30° 09’ 07”
Star	HIP 58658	8.4536	12h 01m 43s	+29° 32’ 54”
Star	HIP 58685	8.691	12h 02m 07s	+31° 14’ 58”
Star	HIP 58529	8.2618	12h 00m 09s	+32° 14’ 27”
Star	HIP 58405	8.7474	11h 58m 31s	+31° 20’ 14”
Star	HIP 58005	8.8644	11h 53m 50s	+31° 13’ 33”
Star	HIP 58795	7.2514	12h 03m 33s	+29° 40’ 45”
Star	HIP 58725	8.6032	12h 02m 45s	+31° 30’ 37”
Star	HIP 58615	7.8056	12h 01m 13s	+30° 38’ 18”
Star	HIP 58190	8.8416	11h 56m 01s	+31° 12’ 09”
Star	HIP 58428	8.8782	11h 58m 49s	+31° 07’ 56”
Star	HIP 58959	8.1588	12h 05m 22s	+31° 12’ 37”
Star	HIP 58937	8.8496	12h 05m 06s	+30° 49’ 57”
Star	HIP 58369	6.3988	11h 58m 07s	+32° 16’ 26”
Star	HIP 58398	7.7632	11h 58m 28s	+31° 55’ 14”
Galaxy	NGC 3971	13.8	11h 55m 36s	+29° 59’ 45”
Galaxy	NGC 4020	13.2	11h 58m 55s	+30° 24’ 47”
Galaxy	NGC 3986	13.8	11h 56m 43s	+32° 01’ 19”
Galaxy	NGC 4062	11.9	12h 04m 03s	+31° 53’ 40”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet C/2020 J1 (SONEAR)

• 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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