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 23932	0	05h 08m 34s	-18° 10’ 07”
Star	HIP 23818	6.3968	05h 07m 09s	-19° 23’ 33”
Star	HIP 23517	8.5944	05h 03m 22s	-19° 30’ 01”
Star	HIP 23631	7.1146	05h 04m 49s	-20° 14’ 45”
Star	HIP 23806	8.3254	05h 06m 59s	-20° 06’ 54”
Star	HIP 23773	8.626	05h 06m 33s	-20° 35’ 54”
Star	HIP 24086	8.6514	05h 10m 27s	-20° 05’ 35”
Star	HIP 24278	8.8064	05h 12m 36s	-19° 22’ 11”
Star	HIP 24092	8.0682	05h 10m 32s	-18° 39’ 44”
Star	HIP 23888	7.2096	05h 08m 00s	-20° 07’ 15”
Star	HIP 23927	7.3842	05h 08m 31s	-18° 07’ 10”
Star	HIP 23411	7.6948	05h 01m 53s	-19° 39’ 45”
Star	HIP 23848	8.3518	05h 07m 36s	-19° 02’ 05”
Galaxy	NGC 1794	13.7	05h 07m 55s	-18° 11’ 27”
Galaxy	ESO 553-20	13.6	05h 11m 38s	-20° 25’ 37”

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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