C/2020 K3 (Leonard) live position and data

This page shows Comet C/2020 K3 (Leonard) 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 K3 (Leonard) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 76280	7.9796	15h 34m 50s	+06° 48’ 15”
Star	HIP 76251	7.0494	15h 34m 31s	+04° 43’ 50”
Star	HIP 75740	8.754	15h 28m 24s	+05° 33’ 17”
Star	HIP 76383	7.3178	15h 36m 03s	+06° 11’ 00”
Star	HIP 76338	8.1358	15h 35m 33s	+06° 03’ 28”
Star	HIP 75926	7.9436	15h 30m 27s	+05° 15’ 46”
Star	HIP 76544	7.9792	15h 37m 59s	+05° 05’ 31”
Star	HIP 76601	7.8982	15h 38m 39s	+06° 14’ 23”
Galaxy	NGC 5964	12.9	15h 37m 36s	+05° 58’ 27”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet C/2020 K3 (Leonard)

• 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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