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 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 M3 (ATLAS) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 60025	8.6492	12h 18m 36s	+23° 07’ 12”
Star	HIP 60087	6.2222	12h 19m 19s	+23° 02’ 04”
Star	HIP 59596	7.503	12h 13m 17s	+22° 01’ 35”
Star	HIP 59847	4.842	12h 16m 20s	+23° 56’ 43”
Star	HIP 59421	7.5096	12h 11m 21s	+22° 35’ 37”
Star	HIP 59911	8.1094	12h 17m 19s	+22° 12’ 30”
Star	HIP 59382	7.9816	12h 10m 59s	+22° 51’ 43”
Star	HIP 59459	6.6376	12h 11m 46s	+23° 19’ 21”
Star	HIP 60200	8.342	12h 20m 42s	+22° 54’ 51”
Star	HIP 60446	8.8728	12h 23m 34s	+23° 25’ 42”
Star	HIP 59902	8.2632	12h 17m 10s	+24° 37’ 30”
Star	HIP 59986	8.6682	12h 18m 11s	+22° 42’ 54”
Star	HIP 60097	8.913	12h 19m 28s	+24° 17’ 03”
Star	HIP 59486	8.658	12h 11m 59s	+23° 05’ 35”
Star	HIP 60347	8.4964	12h 22m 24s	+22° 27’ 50”
Star	HIP 59692	7.2904	12h 14m 27s	+23° 39’ 41”
Star	HIP 60056	8.2766	12h 18m 58s	+23° 34’ 08”
Galaxy	NGC 4213	13.5	12h 15m 38s	+23° 58’ 58”

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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