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 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 C/2020 J1 (SONEAR) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 53288	7.737	10h 53m 55s	+47° 40’ 16”
Star	HIP 53336	8.4668	10h 54m 30s	+47° 29’ 34”
Star	HIP 53051	7.9942	10h 51m 14s	+46° 47’ 46”
Star	HIP 52498	7.2402	10h 44m 00s	+46° 12’ 24”
Star	HIP 53548	8.6658	10h 57m 17s	+46° 55’ 09”
Star	HIP 53283	8.7446	10h 53m 50s	+46° 09’ 20”
Star	HIP 52497	8.5868	10h 44m 00s	+47° 10’ 21”
Star	HIP 52355	8.3912	10h 41m 59s	+46° 38’ 59”
Star	HIP 52469	5.1588	10h 43m 33s	+46° 12’ 14”
Star	HIP 52599	6.97	10h 45m 20s	+45° 33’ 58”
Star	HIP 53160	7.452	10h 52m 32s	+45° 46’ 40”

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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