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 97781	0	19h 52m 10s	+67° 25’ 31”
Star	HIP 97262	7.696	19h 46m 02s	+67° 44’ 16”
Star	HIP 98439	8.0146	20h 00m 03s	+68° 26’ 12”
Star	HIP 98890	6.169	20h 04m 53s	+68° 01’ 37”
Star	HIP 98006	7.0594	19h 55m 01s	+66° 44’ 54”
Star	HIP 97265	8.0726	19h 46m 04s	+67° 28’ 36”
Star	HIP 99036	8.7976	20h 06m 25s	+68° 17’ 27”
Star	HIP 99586	7.5534	20h 12m 35s	+66° 27’ 41”
Star	HIP 99378	7.5016	20h 10m 15s	+68° 17’ 54”
Star	HIP 99726	8.3988	20h 14m 08s	+67° 04’ 26”
Star	HIP 98632	8.3218	20h 01m 58s	+65° 53’ 26”
Star	HIP 98357	7.536	19h 58m 59s	+67° 28’ 19”
Star	HIP 99175	8.8734	20h 08m 05s	+66° 51’ 02”
Star	HIP 98324	7.6022	19h 58m 37s	+68° 24’ 42”
Star	HIP 97686	8.0766	19h 51m 10s	+68° 14’ 24”
Star	HIP 98297	8.3142	19h 58m 21s	+66° 47’ 25”
Star	HIP 98702	4.3738	20h 02m 49s	+67° 52’ 24”
Star	HIP 99090	6.9574	20h 07m 00s	+66° 18’ 28”
Star	HIP 97812	7.7004	19h 52m 34s	+66° 42’ 18”
Galaxy	NGC 6869	13.1	20h 00m 40s	+66° 13’ 23”
Galaxy	UGC 11496	13.9	19h 53m 10s	+67° 40’ 54”

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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