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 25184	6.6392	05h 23m 12s	+47° 01’ 17”
Star	HIP 25715	7.8476	05h 29m 26s	+48° 00’ 03”
Star	HIP 24766	6.7864	05h 18m 32s	+48° 55’ 24”
Star	HIP 25724	8.8322	05h 29m 36s	+47° 36’ 52”
Star	HIP 25575	7.0826	05h 27m 58s	+48° 22’ 52”
Star	HIP 25166	8.0634	05h 23m 03s	+46° 59’ 13”
Star	HIP 24764	8.4738	05h 18m 32s	+47° 19’ 45”
Star	HIP 24650	8.3106	05h 17m 22s	+49° 20’ 40”
Star	HIP 24481	8.1902	05h 15m 11s	+48° 21’ 42”
Star	HIP 25569	6.3696	05h 27m 54s	+48° 13’ 36”
Star	HIP 25530	8.2138	05h 27m 34s	+49° 15’ 31”

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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