C/2020 M3 (ATLAS) live position and data

This page shows Comet C/2020 M3 (ATLAS) 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 M3 (ATLAS) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 10370	0	02h 13m 37s	-35° 12’ 20”
Star	HIP 9871	7.698	02h 06m 59s	-34° 45’ 13”
Star	HIP 9693	7.5844	02h 04m 41s	-35° 16’ 23”
Star	HIP 10347	7.286	02h 13m 17s	-36° 03’ 39”
Star	HIP 10315	6.8548	02h 12m 51s	-34° 32’ 19”
Star	HIP 10483	8.212	02h 15m 11s	-35° 07’ 03”
Star	HIP 10008	8.2356	02h 08m 54s	-35° 47’ 31”
Star	HIP 10152	7.6834	02h 10m 35s	-35° 30’ 36”
Star	HIP 10004	7.707	02h 08m 49s	-35° 49’ 23”
Star	HIP 10343	8.6752	02h 13m 14s	-36° 24’ 40”
Galaxy	NGC 854	13.8	02h 11m 30s	-35° 50’ 13”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet C/2020 M3 (ATLAS)

• 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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